Coordinates: 54°17′50″N 2°02′53″W / 54.29733°N 2.04796°W
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  Thornton Rust shown within North Yorkshire |
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| District | Richmondshire |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| European Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
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Thornton Rust is a village in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies about 2 miles west of Aysgarth, high on the south side of the Ure valley.
The village has a bus service which is run by the Dales & District and goes to Leyburn and Hawes,[1] with about five buses per day on weekdays, three on Saturdays and two on Sundays in each direction.
The village consists of fifty houses, which are all shown and named on a freely available map.[2] The population in recent history has been:[3]
- 1871: 143
- 1901: 110
- 1971: 127
References
- ^ "Northallerton - Bedale - Leyburn - Hawes 157, 156, POS Operated by Dales & District, Royal Mail Postbus" (PDF). North Yorkshire County Council Public Transport Information. 2007. http://www.northyorkstravel.info/pdf/YNAO157.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
- ^ Colin Day (23 September 2008). "Thronton Rust" (PDF). http://colinday.co.uk/maps/WensleydaleMaps/ThorntonRust.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-12-29.
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Thornton Rust Tn/CP Yorkshire through time". A Vision of Britain through time. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10471722. Retrieved on 2007-06-19.
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