Thornley-with-Wheatley

Thornley-with-Wheatley
Lee House chapel
Thornley-with-Wheatley Location in Ribble Valley Borough Show map of the Borough of Ribble Valley Thornley-with-Wheatley Location in the Forest of Bowland Show map of the Forest of Bowland Thornley-with-Wheatley Location within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
Population	320 (2011 Census) [1]
Civil parish	Thornley-with-Wheatley
District	Ribble Valley
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRESTON
Postcode district	PR3
Dialling code	01772
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Ribble Valley
List of places UK England Lancashire 53°51′32″N2°33′50″W / 53.859°N 2.564°W / 53.859; -2.564

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]

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]

See also

• Lancashire portal

• Listed buildings in Thornley-with-Wheatley

References

1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Thornley-with-Wheatley Parish (1170215133)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 2 February 2018.
2. Thornley With Wheatley Tn/CP: Population, A vision of Britain through time, retrieved 17 February 2013
3. Lee House. Church of St William of York and Adjoining Presbytery, Thornley-with-Wheatley, British Listed Buildings, retrieved 17 February 2013
4. Closed churches & chapels, Diocese of Salford, retrieved 17 February 2013
5. 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.)