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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 is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thornton Rust itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thornton Rust, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14359
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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