Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Thursley. You may be able to find further references to Thursley in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Thursley parish Bartholomew

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Thursley within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
William Cobbett Oct. 7th Oct to Nov. 30th, 1822: Hampshire, Surrey, and Sussex 10
William Cobbett Aug. 5th to 10th, 1823: Hampshire and Surrey 8
William Cobbett Nov. 12th to 20th, 1825: Petersfield to Kensington 8
William Cobbett Oct. 23rd to 27th, 1825: Chilworth to Winchester 3
William Cobbett Oct. 18th to 26th, 1826: Weston to Kensington 2
William Cobbett Sept. 3rd to 6th, 1823: From Dover to the Wen 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Hindhead 0 2
Witley 0 2
Grayswood 0 1
Elstead 0 1
Haslemere 3 2
Frensham 1 2
Churt 0 2
Wormley 0 1
Grayshott 0 1
Shottermill 0 2
Peper Harow 0 2
Waverley 6 2
Milford 0 2
Tilford 0 2
Hambledon 2 2
Chiddingfold 8 2
Eashing 0 2
Shackleford 0 2
Dockenfield 0 1
Headley 0 2