Thrimby
| Thrimby | |
|---|---|
 Out Scar | |
| Population | 30 (2001) |
| OS grid reference | NY5520 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PENRITH |
| Postcode district | CA10 |
| Dialling code | 01931 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Thrimby is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Little Strickland, in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. In 2001 the population of the civil parish of Thrimby was 30.[1] The population measured at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the parish of Great Strickland. It has a Grade 2* farmhouse called Thrimby Hall,[2][3] as seen in series 4 of the BBC Two fly-on-the-wall farming documentary "This Farming Life".[4]
History[edit]
Thrimby was a chapelry with 2 townships within Morland parish.[5] It became a civil parish in 1866.[6] On 1 April 2019 the parish was merged with Little Strickland.[7]
On 23 October 1970, the nine-mile Tebay to Thrimby section of the M6 was opened,[8] built by Christiani-Shand. The section terminated on the A6. The next junction further north would be at Penrith (A66).
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Eden Archived 9 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 10 March 2011
- ^ "Thrimby Hall, Thrimby, Cumbria".
- ^ "Old Cumbria Gazetteer, Thrimby Hall, Thrimby". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012.
- ^ "BBC Two - This Farming Life".
- ^ "History of Thrimby, in Eden and Westmorland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Thrimby CP/Tn/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "The Eden District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Little Strickland and Thrimby) Order 2019" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Lancaster nostalgia: ups and downs of building the M6". The Visitor. 23 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017.
External links[edit]
- "Cumbria County History Trust: Thrimby". (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
- "Thrimby". GENUKI. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- "Listed Buildings in Thrimby, Eden, Cumbria". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- Wainwright, A. (2004). Westmorland Heritage. Frances Lincoln Limited. ISBN 9780711224193.
- "Little Strickland (Thrimby) – St Mary's Church". Visit Cumbria. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- "St Mary's Church, Thrimby, in Little Strickland". Archived from the original on 29 March 2016.
- "St Mary, Little Strickland". A Church Near You. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
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