Dunham on the Hill was a township in Thornton ancient parish, Eddisbury
hundred (SJ 4672), which became a civil parish in 1866.
It includes the hamlet of Morley Bridge.
The population was 260 in 1801, 332 in 1851, 282 in 1901, and 446 in 1951.
Churches and Chapels
Thornton-le-Moors: St. Mary (Church of England).
The ancient parish church for the townshp of Dunham on the Hill.
Dunham on the Hill: St. Luke (Church of England). Built in 1861 as a chapel to Thornton-le-Moors, becoming
the district church for Dunham on the Hill in 1888.
