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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. 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, as seen in series 4 of the BBC Two fly-on-the-wall farming documentary "This Farming Life".
History
Thrimby was a chapelry with 2 townships within Morland parish. It became a civil parish in 1866. On 1 April 2019 the parish was merged with Little Strickland.
On 23 October 1970, the nine-mile Tebay to Thrimby section of the M6 was opened, built by Christiani-Shand. The section terminated on the A6. The next junction further north would be at Penrith (A66).
See also
Listed buildings in Thrimby
List of English and Welsh endowed schools (19th century)
References
External links
"Cumbria County History Trust: Thrimby". (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
"Thrimby". GENUKI. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
"Listed Buildings in Thrimby, Eden, Cumbria". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
Wainwright, A. (2004). Westmorland Heritage. Frances Lincoln Limited. ISBN 9780711224193.
"Little Strickland (Thrimby) – St Mary's Church". Visit Cumbria. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
"St Mary's Church, Thrimby, in Little Strickland". Archived from the original on 29 March 2016.
"St Mary, Little Strickland". A Church Near You. Retrieved 3 August 2023.