Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Thornley

Thornley.-- eccl. dist., township, and vil. with ry. sta. (2 miles E.), Kelloe par., in co. and 6 miles SE. of Durham - dist., pop. 5982; township, 1148 ac., pop. 3132; P.O., T.O.; has collieries.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Thornley CP/Tn       County Durham AncC
Place: Thornley

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