Thomas Turner Wilkinson (d. 1874) is the author of Lancashire Folk-lore. Public information about his life is very limited: his nationality, the year of his birth, his education, and his professional career cannot be reliably established, and only the year of his death, 1874, can be inferred from the attribution. What can be confirmed is that he left behind one work on the local folklore of Lancashire, England. The book records folk beliefs, customs, and oral traditions circulating in that region, and belongs to the kind of source compilation common in folklore studies and local history. Such writing focuses on collecting and preserving regional material and is generally addressed to readers and researchers interested in local culture. Because the relevant sources are scarce, it is currently difficult to assess further his writing style, scholarly standing, or later influence.
