In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thorncliffe like this:
THORNCLIFFE, a village in Rawmarsh parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 6½ miles N of Sheffield. It has collieries, iron-works, and a fine Wesleyan chapel of 1866.
The location is that marked as "Thorncliffe Iron Works", with "Thorncliffe Wood" to the north, on the Ordnance Survey "England - Yorkshire: 282" 1:10,560 map of 1855 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/mapsheet.aspx?compid=55145&sheetid=9607&ox=3597&oy=2984&zm=1&czm=1&x=522&y=8, accessed: 25 August 2012). Additional information about this locality is available for Tankersley
Thorncliffe through time
Thorncliffe is now part of Sheffield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sheffield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thorncliffe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thorncliffe, in Sheffield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26767
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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