Nelson Thornes
Nelson Thornes was a publishing firm located in Cheltenham, UK. Started in 1968, as Stanley Thornes, the company began primarily publishing English textbooks for students before branching out into other areas of education. In 2001 Stanley Thornes through its parent company Wolters Kluwer acquired Thomas Nelson & Sons, and Nelson Thornes was formed as a company. Thornes also includes acquired companies BEAM (BE a Mathematician) specialising in Primary Mathematics and Moorhouse Black (Now NTDL) who provide distance learning.
Nelson Thornes
- Founded
- 1968
- Headquarters
- United Kingdom
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Nelson Thornes was a publishing firm located in Cheltenham, UK. Started in 1968, as Stanley Thornes, the company began primarily publishing English textbooks for students before branching out into other areas of education. In 2001 Stanley Thornes through its parent company Wolters Kluwer acquired Thomas Nelson & Sons, and Nelson Thornes was formed as a company. Thornes also includes acquired companies BEAM (BE a Mathematician) specialising in Primary Mathematics and Moorhouse Black (Now NTDL) who provide distance learning.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Nelson Thornes. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q6990753 · wikipedia · Nelson Thornes
In this article
Overview
Overview
Until January 2013, it was owned by Infinitas Learning, the former education division of Wolters Kluwer now owned by Bridgepoint Capital. Purchased by Oxford University Press (OUP) in January 2013. Following acquisition, OUP decided to wind down Nelson Thornes as a separate entity, merging it with its existing Education division. The head office of Nelson Thornes in Cheltenham closed in March 2015, and all former Nelson Thornes products were made available via OUP. Nelson Thornes continues to exist as a dormant shell company, having not been formally liquidated by OUP.
Key facts
Key facts
• Status — Defunct • Founded — 1968 • Successor — Oxford University Press • Country — England, UK • Headquarters — Cheltenham • Publications — Books • Url — http: www.nelsonthornes.com
Institutional history
Dated record
Institutional history
The full dated record · 2 entries
1968
Nelson Thornes established.
1968
Nelson Thornes is recorded from 1968.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
- United Kingdom
Named but not plotted · 1
Nelson Thornes is associated with United Kingdom.
Country
Primary material
Documents and archives
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q6990753: Nelson Thornes
General reference · Wikidata
reference work
- “Nelson Thornes”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority record
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Publishers and printers
5,459 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Necropolitan PressOrganisation
- Neil A. Kjos Music CompanyOrganisation
- Neko EntertainmentOrganisation
- Nelson Mandela UniversityOrganisation
- NeogamesOrganisation
- NeowizOrganisation
- Nepal Medical AssociationOrganisation
- NetEase GamesOrganisation
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with Nelson Thornes?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.