Place:Thornton Rust, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Thornton Rust is a village and civil parish 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.

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.

Research Tips

• 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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