In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thornton Rust like this:
THORNTON-RUST, a township in Aysgarth parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 3¼ miles SE of Askrigg. Acres, 1,923. Real property, £1,882. Pop., 147. Houses, 34.
Thornton Rust through time
Thornton Rust is now part of Richmondshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Richmondshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thornton Rust itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thornton Rust, in Richmondshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14359
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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