Thrimby

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Thrimby
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Out Scar
Thrimby is located in Eden
Thrimby
Thrimby
Location in Eden, Cumbria
Population30 (2001)
OS grid referenceNY5520
Civil parish
District
  • Eden
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPENRITH
Postcode districtCA10
Dialling code01931
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°34′41″N 2°41′24″W / 54.578°N 2.69°W / 54.578; -2.69Coordinates: 54°34′41″N 2°41′24″W / 54.578°N 2.69°W / 54.578; -2.69

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 ,[2][3] as seen in series 4 of the BBC Two fly-on-the-wall farming documentary "This Farming Life".[4]

History[]

On 23 October 1970, the nine-mile Tebay to Thrimby section of the M6 was opened,[5] built by Christiani-Shand. The section terminated on the A6. The next junction further north would be at Penrith (A66). Thrimby was a chapelry with 2 townships within Morland parish,[6] it became a civil parish in 1866,[7] on 1 April 2019 the parish was merged with Little Strickland.[8]

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References[]

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Eden Retrieved 10 March 2011
  2. ^ "Thrimby Hall, Thrimby, Cumbria".
  3. ^ "Old Cumbria Gazetteer, Thrimby Hall, Thrimby". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012.
  4. ^ "BBC Two - This Farming Life".
  5. ^ Opening
  6. ^ "History of Thrimby, in Eden and Westmorland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Relationships and changes Thrimby CP/Tn/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  8. ^ "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.

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