In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thonby like this:
THORNBY, a parish in Brixworth district, Northampton; 5 miles NW of Brixworth r. station. Post town, Welford, under Rugby. Acres, 1,212. Real property, £2,634. Pop., 252. Houses, 52. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £364.* Patron, the Rev. J. Couchman. The church is good. Charities £5 and 24 acres of poors' land.
Thonby through time
Thonby is now part of Daventry district. Click here for graphs and data of how Daventry has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thonby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thonby, in Daventry and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8206
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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