Thornton Rust
| Thornton Rust | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
Jul2006.jpg) Cottages in Thornton Rust | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD972888 |
| Location: | 54°17’44"N, 2°2’38"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 107 |
| Post town: | Leyburn |
| Postcode: | DL8 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Richmondshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Richmond (Yorks) |
Thornton Rust is a village in Wensleydale, within the North Riding of Yorkshire. It is to be found about two miles west of Aysgarth, on above a steep slope, Thortnton Scarr, rising from the south bank of the River Ure.
The village is within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The village is at an elevation of 870 feet at its highest. The River Ure and the A684 are half a mile to the north. The village of Aysgarth is two and a half miles to the south east and Bainbridge two and half miles to the north-west. It is a typical linear village on top of a limestone scar.
The name of the village name is derived from the combination of the Old English words þorn tun, which gave the meaning of Thorn tree farm, and partly from St Restitutus, the patron saint of the mediæval chapel erected here. The chapel no longer exists.[1][2]
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Church
There is no existing parish church in Thornton Rust but a chapel of ease, the Thorton Rust Mission Room, which holds regular service.[3]
History
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book by the name Toreton. At the time of the Norman invasion the manor belonged to a landowner named Thor, but afterwards was granted to Count Alan of Brittany,[4] to form part of the Liberty of Richmond, known as Richmondshire.
A mesne lordship was held here by Sybil of Thornton in 1286, but the head tenant of the manor was Robert de Tateshall, who was also lord of Thorlaby manor. The descent of Thornton Rust manor followed that of Thoralby into the 19th century.[1][5]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 [1]
- ↑ Watts (2011). Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names. Cambridge University Press. p. 611. ISBN 978-0521168557.
- ↑ Thorton Rust Mission Room: A Church Near You
- ↑ rust Thornton Rust in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Bulmer's Topography, History and Directory (Private and Commercial) of North Yorkshire 1890. S&N Publishing. 1890. p. 346. ISBN 1-86150-299-0.
