In a message dated 16/03/2009 08:30:45 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Grandad paid 6s 6d for a History of Thornley __________________________________________________________________________ I wonder if it was "The History of the Parishes of Thornley & Tow Law, Together with the Lordship of Bradley & the Ecclesiastical Parish of Firtree with the Township of North Bredburn in the Co Palatine of Durham" by H Conyers SURTEES Private Publication, 1926. If it was there are three copies for sale http://www.abebooks.co.uk/ Stan Mapstone