Thoralby
| Thoralby | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 Thoralby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE001867 |
| Location: | 54°16’36"N, 1°59’59"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 145 |
| Post town: | Leyburn |
| Postcode: | DL8 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Richmond (Yorks) |
Thoralby is a village in Bishopdale, just above its meeting with Wensleydale, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The village stands to the south of Aysgarth, within a mile of both Newbiggin and West Burton, and in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The village sits between Littleburn Beck to the south-west and Heaning Gill to the north–east on the north bank of Bishopdale Beck. The B6160 road runs parallel to the village on the south bank of the beck.
History
The village is appears in Domesday Book as Turoldesbi. After the Norman invasion the lands were awarded to Count Alan of Brittany, who in turn granted the local manor to Bernwulf, who had held the manor before the Conquest.[1] The manor was eventually acquired by the lords of Middleham, whose descent it then followed until the Middleham manor holdings were sold piecemeal by commissioners of the Crown in the mid-17th century. The manor of Thoralby was purchased by the Norton family. By the middle of the 18th century it had passed to the Purchas family.[2][3]
On Thoralby Common the remains of lead mines and quarries are still visible, indicating the industrial past of the area. There has also been a mill here since at least 1298.[2] There used to be both Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels in the village. The Wesleyan Chapel was built in 1823 and rebuilt in 1890. The Primitive Methodist Chapel was erected in 1849. Both are now private properties.[3]
Thoralby was described in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales in 1870–72 as:
- " A township in Aysgarth parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 4½ miles SE of Askrigg. It has a post-office under Bedale. Acres, 2,840. Real property, £2,542. Pop., 271. Houses, 63."[4]
The toponymy of the village name is derived from combining the Old Norse personal name 'Þoraldr' and bi, farm, to give the meaning Thoraldr's farm.[5][6]
Sport and society
The village hall provides a space for residents to hold functions, sporting events, charity-based projects and parish-council meetings.
An annual fete takes place on the first Sunday in August and includes egg throwing, fell running and various other entertainments.
There is a public house in the village and a general store incorporating the post office.
On television
Thoralby appeared in the television series All Creatures Great and Small in the episode 'If Music Be the Food of Love'.[7]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Thoralby) |
References
- ↑ Thoralby in the Domesday Book
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A History of the County of York: North Riding - Volume 1 pp 200-21: Parishes: Aysgarth (Victoria County History)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890. S&N Publishing. 1890. p. 345. ISBN 1-86150-299-0.
- ↑ Wilson, John (1870–72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1st ed.). Edinburgh: A.Fullarton and Co.. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=14340. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ↑ Watts (2011). Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names. Cambridge University Press. p. 608. ISBN 978-0521168557.
- ↑ A.D. Mills (1998). Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford Paperbacks. p. 457. ISBN 978-0192800749.
- ↑ "Old Chapel, Thoralby, N Yorkshire, UK – All Creatures Great & Small, If Music be the Food of Love (1990)" – Waymarking.com
