In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thorneyburn like this:
THORNEYBURN, a parish, with two townships, in Bellingham district, Northumberland; 1¾ mile N of Tarset r. station, and 4½ NW by W of Bellingham. Post town, Bellingham, under Hexham. Acres, 20,133. Real property, £3,280. Pop., 514. Houses, 72. The property is much subdivided. Much of the land is moorish waste. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £200. Patron, Greenwich Hospital.
Thorneyburn through time
Thorneyburn is now part of Tynedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tynedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thorneyburn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thorneyburn, in Tynedale and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9706
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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