Place:Thornton Rust, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Name	Thornton Rust
Alt names	Thornton-Rust	source: hyphenated
Type	Township, Civil parish
Coordinates	54.296°N 2.044°W
Located in	North Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974)
Also located in	North Yorkshire, England (1974 - )
	Yorkshire, England
See also	Aysgarth, North Riding of Yorkshire, England	ancient parish in which it was a township
	Hang West Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England	wapentake in which it was located
	Aysgarth Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, England	rural district of which it was a part 1894-1974
	Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England	municipal district of which it has been a part since 1974

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Thornton Rust is now a civil parish and a village in the Richmondshire District of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Yorkshire Dales about 2 miles west of Aysgarth, high on the south bank of the Ure in Wensleydale. According to the 2011 UK census the parish has a population of 107.

Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Thornton Rust was in the Aysgarth Rural District of the North Riding of Yorkshire from 1894. Historically it was in the ecclesiastical parish of Aysgarth in the wapentake of Hang West.

The following description from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 is provided by the website A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portsmouth Department of Geography).

"THORNTON-RUST, a township in Aysgarth parish, [North Riding of] Yorkshire; 3¼ miles SE of Askrigg. Acres: 1,923. Real property: £1,882. Population: 147. Houses: 34."

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GENUKI on Thornton Rust. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
A Vision of Britain through Time on Thornton Rust.
The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Aysgarth provides a list of useful resources for the local area.

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Categories: North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Thornton Rust, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Aysgarth, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Hang West Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Aysgarth Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England