Thornham
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THORNHAM, a township in Middleton parish, Lancashire; 3½ miles S by W of Rochdale. Acres, 1,998. Real property, £8,018; of which £1,253 are in mines, and £15 in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 1,510; in 1861, 2,027. Houses, 379. Many of the inhabitants are employed in cotton-mills. There is a Wesleyan chapel.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Rochdale library.Cemeteries
- St John the Evangelist, Church Ave, Church of England
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Thornham.Church History
Church Records
- St James, Thornham Lane, Church of England
- St John the Evangelist, Church Ave, Church of England
- Middleton Rd, Methodist, Haggate
- Castleton Rd, Wesleyan Methodist, Gravel Hole
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