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bypass (opened in part October 2007, ahead of schedule) to the west. The public consultation fell by the wayside and dualling of the A66 at Kirkby Thore is still an aspiration. A subsequent scheme began its proposal stages in 2019.
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in the northeast of the village. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 731, increasing to 758 in the 2011 Census. The market town of
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There are a number of farms in the village and surrounding area. Some are large dairy farms, others beef and/or sheep with some arable crops.
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and Roman coins, tombstones, sandals, urns, earthen vessels, and the cusp of a spear have been found in the locality. Since the time of
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conducted public consultation on the route for a bypass (which will connect the existing Appleby bypass to the east and the
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technology has revealed another Roman road running southwest from Kirkby Thore to the Roman fort at Low Borrowbridge near
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The village is also home to Kirkby Thore Hall, a Grade II* medieval Manor House of particular structural interest.
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runs through the western edge of the village. This will be one of the last sections of the A66 to be upgraded to
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has been quarried or mined in the area for over 200 years. The local British Gypsum Ltd plant has produced
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grew up in a farm near the village and attended Kirkby Thore Primary School before transferring to
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road running from west to east. A possible continuation from there ran east to
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The place-name 'Kirkby Thore' is first attested in 1179 in the 'Register of
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is about five miles (eight kilometres) away, and the larger town of
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than to mine it locally but this depends on Drax continuing.
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Roman milestone still in situ by the A66 near Kirkby Thore
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The village is on the site of a Roman cavalry camp called
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means 'church village' or 'village with a church', whilst
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since the 1960s. Currently it is more economic to use
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names
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Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore: National identity
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led north from Bravoniacum to the fort of Epiacum (
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Bravoniacum

Kirkby Thore is located in the former Eden District
Eden
Cumbria
Kirkby Thore is located in Cumbria
Cumbria
OS grid reference
NY639257
Civil parish
District
Westmorland and Furness
Shire county
Cumbria
Region
North West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
CA10
Dialling code
Police
Cumbria
Fire
Cumbria
Ambulance
North West
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