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John Marius WILSON's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-72: tells us:

"THORNHILL, a township in Hope parish, Derby; 5¾ miles NE by N of Tideswell. Acres, 589. Pop., 129. Houses, 27."

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Archives & Libraries

Thornhill is served by the Mobile Library on route N, which makes a stop at Nicholas Hall every fourth Thursday in the early afternoon.

The Chapel-en-le-Frith Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Chapel en le Frith sub-district of the Chapel en le Frith Registration District.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1851H.O. 107 / 2151
1861R.G. 9 / 2546
1891R.G. 12 / 2780
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Church Records

The village had a Wesleyan Methodist chapel and a Primitive Methodist chapel.

Neil THEASBY has a photograph of the Wesleyan Methodist churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2016.

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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
  • The parish was in the Chapel en le Frith sub-district of the Chapel en le Frith Registration District.
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Description & Travel

"THORNHILL, a township in the parish of Hope, hundred of High Peak, county Derby, 3 miles N.E. of Castleton, and 6 N.E. of Tideswell, near the river Noe."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin HINSON ©2003]

This place is two miles east of Hope village, just south of Ladybower Reservoir.

You can see pictures of Thornhill which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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History

Chris WIMBUSH has a photograph of the Derwent Valley Heritage Trail on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2009. This shot is from the north end of the village.

Just south of the village is the railway. Anne BURGESS has a photograph of the Rising Sun Inn on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2014. The Inn is on the A618, just south of the village.

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK198838 (Lat/Lon: 53.350481, -1.704309), Thornhill which are provided by:

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Newspapers

Jane TAYLOR in Redcar contributes this snippet from the Derby Mercury of December 29, 1803. MARRIED: "On Thursday last, at the parish church of Hope, in this county, Mr. Benjamin PEARSON, Jun. of Brough, to Miss ROBINSON, of Thornhill Carr; an accomplished young lady, with a handsome fortune."

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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient township in the parish of Hope in Derbyshire.
     
  • The township was incorporated as a separate, modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
     
  • The parish holds an annual Parish Meeting of all the citizens to communicate civic and political decisions.
     
  • The parish has a joint Parish Council with Bamford.
     
  • This parish was in the ancient High Peak Hundred (or Wapentake).
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Population

 YearInhabitants
1871140
1881118
1891123
1901119
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Schools

A Public Elementary School was erected here in 1860 for 95 children. Average attendance in 1912 was 100.