Enjoy a glimpse of history about Thornley in County Durham, England, UK.
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
THORNLEY is a township and ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1844 from the parish of Kelloe, $1\frac{1}{2}$ miles south-west from Thornley station on the Sunderland and Hartlepool branch of the North Eastern railway, 7 east from Durham by road, 11 north-west from Hartlepool, and 14 south from Sunderland by railway, in the North division of the county, Easington ward and union, county court district of Durham, Easington rural deanery, Durham archdeaconry and diocese. The church of St. Bartholomew is a plain stone building, erected in 1843, at a cost of £1,000 : it consists of chancel, nave without aisles, and small porch, and contains 1 bell. The register dates from the year 1844. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £290, with residence and $1\frac{1}{2}$ acres of glebe land, in the gift of the vicar of Kelloe, and held by the Rev. William Mayor, M.A. of Durham University. The Catholic chapel of St. Godric is a plain building, and will seat 400 persons : there is a school annexed. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel. This village is chiefly supported by the extensive coal mines and coke ovens, which give employment to a large number of the inhabitants. Here is a library with news-room, supplied with periodicals and newspapers. Major Henry Charles Spearman is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is heavy ; the subsoil, limestone. The crops are of the usual kind. The area of the township is 1,148 acres; rateable value, £7,144; the population in 1871 was 3,059 : the area of the ecclesiastical parish is 2,000 acres; the population in 1871 was 3,803.
Parish Clerk, John Gutteridge.
POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings Bank.—Mrs. Margaret Martin, postmistress. Letters arrive from Trimdon Grange at 7.20 a.m.; dispatched at 4.30 p.m
SCHOOLS:—
Board School, Thomas William Douglas, master ; Miss Alice Ann Wilson, girls' mistress ; & Mrs. Annie Douglas, infants' mistress
Catholic, Miss Mary Quinn, mistress
CARRIER TO DURHAM.—John Green, every saturday
Wheatley Hill, a colliery village, forms part of the ecclesiastical parish of Thornley, from which village it is distant one mile west and eight east from Durham. A Mission room in connection with the parish church was erected in 1873-4 : the building is of brick.
POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank.—Wm. D. C. Blunck, sub-postmaster. Letters via Trimdon Grange, arrive at 8.45 a.m.; dispatched at 3.35 p.m
Board School, John Woodmass, master
Thornley.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Binks William
Bright Samuel
Elliott John
Foran Rev. Jeremiah [Catholic]
Galt William Dalgarriennies
Laverick Rev. John [Primitive Methodist]
Lockyer Rev. Alfred [Wesleyan]
Magee Rev. John [Primitive Methodist]
Mayor Rev. William, M.A., J.P. [vicar], Vicarage
Nisbet William
Steel John
COMMERCIAL.
Adamson Joseph, Good Intent
Ainsley Thomas Troutbeck, tailor
Bainbridge William, New inn
Bell Sarah (Mrs.), Spearman's Arms
Binks & Ellison, farmers, Gore hall
Binks Wm. & Son, spirit, ale & porter mers
Bramley George, hair dresser
Bright Samuel, surgeon
Brownless George, Black Horse
Burgess Mary (Mrs.), Three Horse Shoes
Cambell James, beer retailer
Clark Edward, butcher
Clark John James, butcher
Cradick Thomas, grocer
Dobson Thomas, butcher
Dunstone William, watch maker
322 THORNLEY. DURHAM. [POST OFFICE]
Elliott John, grocer, draper, tailor, sewing, wringing & mangling machines & iron bedsteads, harmoniums & pianos
Emmerson Joshua, shopkeeper
Galt William Dalgarriennies, assistant surgeon
Green John, beer retailer
Greenwell Richard, beer retailer
Handysides George, shoe dealer
Harbert Ralph, tailor
Heatley Adam, farm bailiff to Thornley Colliery Co. Limited
Jackson Jane (Mrs.), Old Thornley inn
Jackson John, shoe maker
Jameson Ralph, grocer
Liddell William, grocer & draper
Lowery John, shopkeeper
Lynn John, King's Head
Mann Andrew, veterinary surgeon
Martin Margaret (Mrs.), grocer
Mitchell Richard, watch maker
Moon Jsph. Dobson, farmer, Crowshouses
Morland William, blacksmith
Nisbet William, surgeon
Park Matthew, tailor
Park Thomas, Engine tavern
Park William, Dun Cow
Pollard John, grocer
Pollard John, jun. butcher
Procter Christopher, cashier to Thornley colliery, Thornley hall
Ranaghan Nicholas, shopkeeper
Ritson William, Colliery inn
Roberts Thomas, Queen's Head
Rule George, tailor
Sayer James, marine store dealer
Simpson George, butcher
Smith Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Stephenson Jesse, Barrel & Grapes
Swinburn William, butcher
Swinburne Robert, shopkeeper
Swinburne Simpson, Robin Hood
Tarbit Annie (Mrs.), shopkeeper
The Original Hartlepool Colliery Co. Limited (Philip Cooper, agent), Thornley colliery
Thompson Thomas, cabinet maker
Thornley Co-operative Society (Robt. Robinson, manager), grocers
Vann Samuel, grocer
Waller John, blacksmith
Wandless Bateman, greengrocer
Wellock Francis, linen draper
Youll Wm. stationer & assistant overseer
Wheatley Hill.
Harrison Rev. John L.PH. [curate]
COMMERCIAL.
Armstrong Thomas, Nimmo hotel
Blunck William D. C. shopkeeper
Cradick Thomas, grocer
Harland Thomas, grocer
Hepplewaite William, butcher
Milburn Robert, farmer
Noble Mark, grocer
The Original Hartlepool Colliery Co. Limited (Philip Cooper, agent), Wheatley Hill colliery
Thursby John, grocer
Vann Richard Samuel, grocer
Walker James, grocer
Wilson John, stationer
THORNLEY, near Wolsingham, or SOUTH THORNLEY, is an ecclesiastical parish, and consists of a considerable portion of the east quarter of Wolsingham parish: it was formed by an Order in Council dated 11th February, 1848; it is in the Southern division of the county, Darlington ward, Weardale union, Wolsingham county court district, Northern division of Darlington rural deanery and Durham archdeaconry and diocese, 13 miles from Durham, 3 east from Wolsingham and 2 north from the Harperley station on the West Valley railway. The church of St. Bartholomew is a modern building, consisting of chancel, nave and aisle and stained window added in the year 1858, erected by the parishioners in memory of the Rev. J. Elliott, the first incumbent of the parish: it has three other stained memorial windows, one in memory of the wife of the late vicar: there is a bell turret with 1 bell. The register dates from the year 1847. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £400, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Chester, and held by the Rev. George Pearson Wilkinson, M.A. of University College, Durham. The Wesleyans have a chapel here. The chief landowners are Capt. Coventry, Rev. G. P. Wilkinson, Rev. William Darnell and John Straker, esq.
Bradley Lordship extends for a considerable distance on both sides of the river Wear. The Bradley burn intersects the northern portion: the district to the east of this burn belongs to Thornley, while that on the west belongs to Wolsingham. The lordship was formerly held by a family of the name of Bradley, but at Hatfield's survey it was possessed by Ralph Eure, of Wilton, and in Cardinal Langley's time Sir William Eure obtained a license to embattle and fortify Bradley Hall, which is now a farmhouse. The population in 1871 was 5,343.
Parish Clerk, Joseph Ayton.
Letters through Darlington, via Tow Law, which is the nearest money order office
National School, Joseph Ayton, master
Thornley.
Carrick Thomas, California
Dawson John, farmer, Broomheads
Hall James, farmer, Old park
Lee William, farmer
Pattison Matthew, cartwright
Teasdale Charles, farmer, White house
Teasdale Joseph, farmer, Thornley gro
Waugh William, beer retailer
Bradley Lordship.
Elliott Philip, mllr. & frmr. Bradley burn
Sanderson John, farmer, Hall farm
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