Place:Carperby cum Thoresby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Carperby cum Thoresby is a civil parish in the Richmondshire District of North Yorkshire, England. The parish contains the village of Carperby and the hamlets of High Thoresby and Low Thoresby. It is situated north of Aysgarth and the main village of Carperby is 22.8 miles (36.7 km) west of the county town of Northallerton. The population at the 2011 UK census was 200.

At the time of the Norman invasion (1066) the manor was the possession of Thor and afterwards granted to Enisant Musard by Count Alan of Brittany to whom it had been given by the Crown. Thereafter the lands became one of many feudal tenures that belonged to the constables of Richmond. The Lascelles family held the manor here during the 13th century, with the exception of a small area held by the Thoresby family after whom the hamlets in the parish are named. During the 14th century, the manor was tenured to the Wauton family of Masham and by 1421 had passed to the Scrope family of nearby Castle Bolton, whose descent it followed thereafter.

In the centre of Carperby there is a high-stepped cross dated 1674 indicating that Carperby once had a market. The charter for the market was granted in 1305 for weekly markets and fairs on St. James' Day in July and St. Andrew's Day in November.