In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thornton Hough like this:
THORNTON-HOUGH, or T. Mayow, a township-chapelry in Neston parish, Cheshire; 2 miles W by S of Bromborough r. station, and 2 NNE of Great Neston. Post town, Chester. Acres, 1,481. Real property, £2,763. Pop. in 1851, 164; in 1861, 349. Houses, 64. T. House is the seat of J. Hirst, Esq. There are several good residences of Liverpool merchants. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £200.* Patron, J. Hirst, Esq. The church was built in 1868. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Thornton Hough through time
Thornton Hough is now part of Wirral district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wirral has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thornton Hough itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thornton Hough, in Wirral and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1887
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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