Thruscross

Thruscross
Thruscross
	Looking towards Thruscross Reservoir
	Thruscross Location within North Yorkshire
Population	90
OS grid reference	SE151585
Civil parish	Thruscross;
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire;
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HARROGATE
Postcode district	HG3
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Skipton and Ripon;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°01′19″N 1°46′16″W / 54.022°N 1.771°W

Thruscross is a small settlement and civil parish in the county 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.

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]

Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.^[4] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Thruscross Reservoir was constructed in the 1960s, and flooded the hamlet of West End.^[5]

References

^ 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.
^ "History of Thruscross, in Harrogate and West Riding". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
^ Smith, Jonathan (10 May 2019). "Glimpses of drowned village". Darlington & Stockton Times. No. 19–2019. p. 55. ISSN 2516-5348.

External links

Media related to Thruscross at Wikimedia Commons

[1] GENUKI: National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868

[2] Vision of Britain website

[3] "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.

[4] "History of Thruscross, in Harrogate and West Riding". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 19 April 2025.

[5] Smith, Jonathan (10 May 2019). "Glimpses of drowned village". Darlington & Stockton Times. No. 19–2019. p. 55. ISSN 2516-5348.

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