In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thornton Risebrough like this:

THORNTON-RISEBROUGH, a township in Normanby parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 3¼ miles SW of Pickering. Acres, 595. Real property, £807 Pop., 35. Houses, 5.

Thornton Risebrough through time

Thornton Risebrough is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thornton Risebrough itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thornton Risebrough, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14358

Date accessed: 11th February 2026


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