Thruscross is a small settlement and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Washburn Valley, 11 miles (18 km) west of Harrogate. The parish includes Thruscross Reservoir and a large area of moorland west of the reservoir.
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_near_Thruscross_Reservoir_(geograph_2149515).jpg) Looking towards Thruscross Reservoir | |
.svg)  Thruscross Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 90 |
| OS grid reference | SE151585 |
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| Unitary authority | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HARROGATE |
| Postcode district | HG3 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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Thruscross was historically a township in the ancient parish of Fewston. The township included the hamlets of Bramley Head, West End and Low Mill, and in the 19th century there were several flax mills in the township.[1] It became a separate civil parish in 1866.[2] The population of the parish is estimated at 90.[3]
Thruscross Reservoir was constructed in the 1960s, and flooded the hamlet of West End.[4]
References edit
- ^ GENUKI: National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868
- ^ Vision of Britain website
- ^ "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2012. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2014. As the population was less than 100 at the 2011 Census the figures were included with the civil parish of Thornthwaite with Padside, and no separate population figure was published.
- ^ Smith, Jonathan (10 May 2019). "Glimpses of drowned village". Darlington & Stockton Times. No. 19–2019. p. 55. ISSN 2516-5348.
External links edit
Media related to Thruscross at Wikimedia Commons