Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Thornton Rust within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Thornton Rust, township, Aysgarth par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles SE. of Askrigg, 1939 ac., pop. 143.