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Born or baptised in this parish:
Thornley
Thomas ARMSTRONG, 1849
Richard MADDISON, 1883
William Henry PRICE, 1871
William Henry Frederick PRICE, 1899
Ann RAIN, 1868
Robert WHARRIER, 1880
Ruth WILKINSON, 1892
1900 kitchen at Beamish Museum
Thornley was another village which grew rapidly through coal mining, the first shaft being sunk in 1835.
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