In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thurnscoe like this:
THURNSCOE, a parish in Doncaster district, W. R. Yorkshire; 2¼ miles NE of Darfield r. station. Post town, Swinton, under Rotherham. Acres, 1,665. Real property, £2,252. Pop., 196. Houses, 45. The manor belongs to the Rev. T. W. Simpson. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £341.* Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The church was built in 1729. There are three alms houses.
Thurnscoe through time
Thurnscoe is now part of Barnsley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Barnsley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thurnscoe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thurnscoe, in Barnsley and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1101
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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