Thornley-with-Wheatley is a civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It is entirely rural, with no villages or other substantial settlements. Its population was 320 in 2011,[1] a figure that has not changed much for over a century.[2]
| Thornley-with-Wheatley | |
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 Lee House chapel | |
  Thornley-with-Wheatley Location in Ribble Valley Borough  Thornley-with-Wheatley Location in the Forest of Bowland  Thornley-with-Wheatley Location within Lancashire | |
| Population | 320 (2011 Census)[1] |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PRESTON |
| Postcode district | PR3 |
| Dialling code | 01772 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
The parish includes most of the western half of Longridge Fell, including the part known as Jeffrey Hill, and, apart from half a mile (1 km) at its western end, lies within the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The River Loud forms its northwestern border. It includes Longridge Golf Club and the isolated Catholic chapel of St William at Lee House, a Grade II listed building,[3] whose parish closed in 1991 but is still occasionally used.[4]
Ann Cutler, the weaver and Methodist evangelist, was born here in 1759.[5]
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References
edit- ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Thornley-with-Wheatley Parish (1170215133)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ Thornley With Wheatley Tn/CP: Population, A vision of Britain through time, retrieved 17 February 2013
- ^ Lee House. Church of St William of York and Adjoining Presbytery, Thornley-with-Wheatley, British Listed Buildings, retrieved 17 February 2013
- ^ Closed churches & chapels, Diocese of Salford, retrieved 17 February 2013
- ^ Rack, Henry D. (2004). "Cutler, Ann (1759–1794), hand-loom weaver and Methodist evangelist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/67658. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 13 February 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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