THORNABY, a chapelry in the parish of STAINTON, western division of the liberty of LANGBAURGH, North riding of the county of YORK, 1 mile (S. S. E.) from Stockton upon Tees, containing 197 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, united to the vicarage of Stainton, in the archdeaconry of Cleveland, and diocese of York.