Thursby

Thursby is a municipality near Carlisle in the north-western part of England, the Lake District is called. The village is dominated by the Victorian St Andrews Church, which was built in 1846.

The name comes from the Old Norse Þórisbý = " village which is called the man of Þórir heard". Supposedly there was near at Woodriggs a temple was dedicated to the Norse god Thor.

In Sir Thomas Bouch Thursby was born of his time regarded as one of the great engineers. From him comes as the Firth of Tay Bridge in Scotland and several tram developments in various English cities. Because of this large construction work he was beaten immediately after opening the bridge to the knight.

Thursby is on the A 595, which shares in the amount of the place in the A 596. South of the town runs the railway line from Carlisle to Barrow-in- Furness, which here, however, has no station.

About a mile west of the town lies the manor Crofton Hall, a 3,000 -hectare site, which until the 1930s uninterrupted years of Brisco family owned since the 13th century. The buildings are now largely decayed, the cutting of the area are, however, a clear picture of the imposing plant resist. A part of the site is still used for milk and cheese production.