Thornton Hough

Thornton Hough
Village
Thornton Hough Village Club and Bar
Thornton Hough is located in Merseyside
Thornton Hough
Thornton Hough
Location within Merseyside
Population770 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ303811
• London176 mi (283 km)[2] SE
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWirral
Postcode districtCH63
Dialling code0151
ISO 3166 codeGB-WRL
PoliceMerseyside
FireMerseyside
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Merseyside
53°19′19″N 3°02′49″W / 53.322°N 3.047°W / 53.322; -3.047

Thornton Hough (/ˈhʌf/) is a village in the Wirral district of Merseyside, England. The village lies in the more rural inland part of the Wirral Peninsula and is of pre-Norman Conquest origins. The village grew during the ownership of Joseph Hirst into a small model village and was later acquired by William Lever, founder of Lever Brothers, the predecessor of Unilever.[3] Thornton Hough is roughly 10 miles (16 km) from Liverpool and 12 miles (19 km) from Chester. It is part of the Clatterbridge ward and is in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral South.

At the 2001 census, Thornton Hough had 770 inhabitants.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Wirral 2001 Census: Thornton Hough". Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
  2. ^ "Coordinate Distance Calculator". boulter.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Thornton Hough Appraisal (page 8)" (PDF). Wirral Council. p. 8. Retrieved 11 July 2011.