Thruscross

{{short description|Settlement and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{use British English|date=May 2019}}

{{use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|54.022|-1.771|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Thruscross

| static_image = Ratten Row (houses) near Thruscross Reservoir (geograph 2149515).jpg

| static_image_caption = Looking towards Thruscross Reservoir

| population = 90

| civil_parish = Thruscross

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Skipton and Ripon

| post_town = HARROGATE

| postcode_district = HG3

| postcode_area = HG

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SE151585

}}

Thruscross is a small settlement and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Washburn Valley, {{convert|11|mi|0}} west of Harrogate. The parish includes Thruscross Reservoir and a large area of moorland west of the reservoir.

Thruscross was historically a township in the ancient parish of Fewston. The township included the hamlets of Bramley Head, West End and Low Mill, and in the 19th century there were several flax mills in the township.[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Fewston/Fewston68.html GENUKI: National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868] It became a separate civil parish in 1866.[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10472003 Vision of Britain website] The population of the parish is estimated at 90.{{cite web|publisher=North Yorkshire County Council|title=Population Estimates|year=2012|url=http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|accessdate=21 March 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113133520/http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|archivedate=13 January 2012}} As the population was less than 100 at the 2011 Census the figures were included with the civil parish of Thornthwaite with Padside, and no separate population figure was published.

Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.{{Cite web |title=History of Thruscross, in Harrogate and West Riding |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14378 |access-date=19 April 2025 |website=A Vision of Britain}} From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Thruscross Reservoir was constructed in the 1960s, and flooded the hamlet of West End.{{cite news |last1=Smith|first1=Jonathan |title=Glimpses of drowned village |work=Darlington & Stockton Times |issue=19–2019 |date=10 May 2019 |page=55|issn=2516-5348}}