THURSBY, a parish in the ward and county of
CUMBERLAND, comprising the townships of Crofton-
Quarter, Parton, and HighThursby, and containing 515
inhabitants, of which number, 355 are in the township
of High Thursby, 6 miles (S. "W.) from Carlisle. The
living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Carlisle, rated in the Icing's books at
£11. 10. 5., endowed with £200 private benefaction,
and £300" parliamentary grant, and in the patronage
of the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle. The church is
dedicated to St. Andrew. A school, founded in 1740
by subscription, was endowed, in 1798, by Thomas
Tomlinson, Esq., with £354, producing to the master
a salary of £17. 14., for which ten children are educated.
Thursby, it is thought, derived its name from
Thor, the Saxon deity, to whose honour a temple is
said to have been erected atWoodrigs, in this neighbourhood.