In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thornley like this:
THORNLEY, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Kelloe parish, Durhamshire. The village stands on the Hartlepooland Durham railway, 6½ miles ESE of Durham; is of recent origin; and has a post-office‡ under Ferryhill, a r. station, a mechanics' institute, a church, two Methodist chapels, a Roman Catholic chapel, and a fortnightly market on Friday.-The township comprises 1,107 acres. ...
Real property, £9,505; of which £5,947 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 2,740; in 1861, 3,306 Houses, 634. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of collieries.—The chapelry was constituted in 1844. Pop., 3,454. Houses, 667. The living is a vicarage in The diocese of Durham. Value, £290.* Patron, the Vicar of Kelloe.
Thornley through time
Thornley is now part of Easington district. Click here for graphs and data of how Easington has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thornley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thornley, in Easington and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2780
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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