Thornthwaite, North Yorkshire

Thornthwaite
Thornthwaite  Thornthwaite shown within North Yorkshire
Population	312
OS grid reference	SE172588
Civil parish	Thornthwaite with Padside
District	Harrogate
Shire 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
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°01′30″N 1°44′24″W / 54.025°N 1.740°W

Thornthwaite is a small village in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the valley of Padside Beck, a side valley on the south side of Nidderdale, 9 miles (14 km) west of Harrogate.

Padside Beck is crossed by a packhorse bridge thought to date from the 15th century. It was probably on a packhorse route from Ilkley to Fountains Abbey, and may have been constructed by the abbey. The bridge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.^[1]

Thornthwaite is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Thornthwaite with Padside, historically a township in the ancient parish of Hampsthwaite. It became a separate civil parish in 1866.^[2] The parish extends 6 miles (10 km) north west of the village to the upper valley of the River Washburn, where the area of moorland known as Padside is located. The population of the parish is estimated at 220,^[3] measured at 312 in the Census 2011.^[4] In the census the population of the parish is included with Thruscross.

References

1. English Heritage: list entry
2. Vision of Britain website
3. "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
4. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 5 August 2015.

External links

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