Thruscross

Thruscross
Thruscross  Thruscross shown within North Yorkshire
Population	90
OS grid reference	SE151585
Civil parish	Thruscross
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
UK Parliament	Skipton and Ripon
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°01′19″N 1°46′16″W / 54.022°N 1.771°W

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.

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] As the population was less than 100 at the 2011 Census details are included by ONS in the civil parish of Thornthwaite with Padside.

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

References

1. GENUKI: National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868
2. Vision of Britain website
3. "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2014.

External links

Media related to Thruscross at Wikimedia Commons