Place:Thornton Rust, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameThornton Rust
Alt namesThornton-Rustsource: hyphenated
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates54.296°N 2.044°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inNorth Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
Yorkshire, England    
See alsoAysgarth, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish in which it was a township
Hang West Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which it was located
Aysgarth Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district of which it was a part 1894-1974
Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Englandmunicipal 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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