Kirkby Thore

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Kirkby Thore is a small village and hill in Cumbria, England at map reference NY639257.

It is close to the Lake District national park and the Cumbrian Pennines. The market town of Appleby-in-Westmorland is about 5 miles away, and the larger town of Penrith is about 8 miles away.

It is in the traditional county of Westmorland.

The village is on the site of a Roman cavalry camp called Bravoniacum^[1] and Roman coins, tombstones, sandals, urns, earthen vessels and the cusp of a spear have been found in the locality.

The Anglican Church of St. Michael in the village is built of red sandstone and dates from Norman times. The village also has a Methodist Chapel. There is also a shop, a Post Office, a fish and chip shop and a pub serving bar meals.

Gypsum has been quarried or mined in the area for over 200 years. The local British Gypsum Ltd^[2] plant has produced plaster since 1910 and plasterboard since the 1960s.

The busy A66 road runs through the southern edge of the village. This will be one of the last sections of the A66 to be upgraded to dual carriageway; as of 2006 the Highways Agency is conducting public consultation on the route of the proposed bypass (which will connect the exiting Appleby bypass to the east and the Temple Sowerby bypass (currently under construction) to the west.

[edit] References

1. ^ Kirkby Thore. The Cumbria Directory (2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-26.
2. ^ Kirkby Thore. British Gypsum (2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-26.

[edit] External links

• Highways Agency page on the possible Kirkby Thore bypasses.