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THORNWICK HISTORY SOCIETY · RESEARCH LIBRARY

Four centuries of the parish, sorted and free to read.

Everything the society has scanned, transcribed or recorded since 1972. Members can ask to see the originals in the reading room on Thursday afternoons.
Sorted by most requested
MAP · FEATURED
1840

The tithe map, stitched from nine sheets and searchable by field name

Scanned at 600 dpi from the vestry copy. Click any plot to see its 1840 owner, tenant and field name.
212 field names indexed
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PARISH RECORD

Baptisms, marriages and burials, 1653 to 1911

A typed index by surname, with the register page for each entry so you can check the original.
18,400 entries
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PHOTOGRAPH

Mill Street shopfronts on glass plates, 1931

Forty-six plates from a chemist’s darkroom, with each shop named and dated where we can.
46 images
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ORAL HISTORY

Voices from the quarry, eleven interviews

Recorded between 1978 and 1984 with men and women who worked the face and the sheds.
9 hrs 20 min
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WALK

The old field names walk, four and a half miles

A printable route that passes thirty of the names on the tithe map, with stiles marked.
PDF, 6 pages
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