Thrimby | |
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Population | 30 (2001) |
OS grid reference | NY5520 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial 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 Westmorland and Furness, 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 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).