THORNHILL, Derbyshire
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. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2546 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2780 |
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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 and Travel
"THORNHILL, a township in the parish of Hope, hundred of High Peake, 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 just south of Ladybower Reservoir.
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Directories
- Ann Andrews provides a transcription of the Thornhill entry under Hope parish in the Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).
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Politics and 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.
- This parish was in the ancient High Peak Hundred (or Wapentake).
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Population
Year Inhabitants 1881 118 1891 123