Thursby
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Thursby is a village in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is near to the city of Carlisle. Thursby was historically part of the county of Cumberland.
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Place details
- Locality
- Thursby
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 846
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Thursby
- UK place.type
- Village
- UK place.static_image
- Thursby church.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Andrew's Church, Thursby
- UK place.civil_parish
- Thursby
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cumberland
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cumbria
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.population
- 1216
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Penrith and Solway
- UK place.post_town
- Carlisle
- UK place.postcode_area
- CA
- UK place.postcode_district
- CA5
- UK place.dial_code
- 01228
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NY3250
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Allerdale
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Allerdale
- Population
- 1216
- Image
- Thursby church.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01228
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- Commons category
- Thursby
- postal code
- CA5
- OS grid reference
- NY326502
- historic county
- Cumberland
- P8168
- Sorano
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Notable people
- Politics and governance
- Education
- Landmarks
- Church
- Transport
- Demographics
- Social statistics
- See also
- References
- External links
Thursby is a village in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is near to the city of Carlisle. Thursby was historically part of the county of Cumberland.
== History == thumb|Entrance to Crofton, Cumbria|Crofton Hall, near Thursby Thursby lies on an old Roman road, 6 miles south of Carlisle. Thursby takes its old name 'Thor's by' from Thor, the Thunder God of the Saxons, whose temple was reputedly nearby at Kirksteads. The village is predominantly centred on the parish church, a Victorian building built in 1846 and funded by Sir Wastell Brisco of Crofton Hall. The earlier church is reported to have been built by King David I of Scotland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thursby” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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