Thornton Rust

infobox UK place
country = England
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static_image_caption = Cottages in Thornton Rust
latitude = 54.29733
longitude = -2.04796
official_name = Thornton Rust
population =
shire_district= Richmondshire
shire_county = North Yorkshire
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
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os_grid_reference = SD969890

Thornton Rust is a village in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies about 2 miles west of Aysgarth, high on the south side of the Ure valley.

The village has a bus service which is run by the Dales & District and goes to Leyburn and Hawes,cite web|url=http://www.northyorkstravel.info/pdf/YNAO157.pdf|title=Northallerton - Bedale - Leyburn - Hawes 157, 156, POS Operated by Dales & District, Royal Mail Postbus|work=North Yorkshire County Council Public Transport Information|year=2007|accessdate=2008-01-04] with about five buses per day on weekdays, three on Saturdays and two on Sundays in each direction.

The village consists of fifty houses, which are all shown and named on a freely available map.cite web|http://colinday.co.uk/maps/WensleydaleMaps/ThorntonRust.pdf] The population in recent history has been:cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10471722|title=Thornton Rust Tn/CP Yorkshire through time|work=A Vision of Britain through time|author=Great Britain Historical GIS Project|accessdate=2007-06-19]
* 1871: 143
* 1901: 110
* 1971: 127

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