Thrimby

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]

Thrimby

Out Scar
Thrimby
Location within Cumbria
Population30 (2001)
OS grid referenceNY5520
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPENRITH
Postcode districtCA10
Dialling code01931
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

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 and township within Morland parish, it became a civil parish in 1866,[6] on the 1st of April 2019 the parish was merged with Little Strickland.[7]

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