There's a Thurley Close in St Neots Cambridgeshire - might be named for a farm that was there previously. Or Thurleigh in Bedfordshire or Thorley on the Herts Essex borders are a possibility if he got the county wrong or the borders have changed. Or Thorney (Abbey) near Wisbeach OS Gridref TF280040 HTH Anne On 17 Sep 2008, at 10:36, David Hoye wrote: > In 1861 census a man named his birthplace as above. > Where might he have meant? > Sorry - it's a bit out of list area.