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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kelloe AP/CP Thornley CP/Tn County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Thornley |
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