Thurcroft

Coordinates: 53°23′28″N 1°15′07″W / 53.391000°N 1.252000°W / 53.391000; -1.252000

Thurcroft is a village and civil parish situated southeast of Rotherham in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. From 1902 to 1991, it was a close-knit, mining community. It has a population of 5,296. Like many ex-mining communities Thurcroft has had to deal with its fair share of bad times, but since forming a local group known as "Big Local" a band of volunteers are helping to change the future of the village for the better.

Big Local

Residents have created a Big Local partnership made up of local residents and people from organizations involved in the area which will then create a local plan using the ideas of local people. Once the plan is agreed with the Big Local Trust, the Partnership can start to spend the money on the plan’s priorities.

History

The name Thurcroft has Norse (Viking) roots as 'thorr' means thunder in old Norse, so is probably at least a thousand years old. According to A D Mills in his Dictionary of English Place-Names the first mention of Thurcroft is in 1319. Thurscroft 'Enclosure of a man called Thorir. Old Scandinavian persons name + Old English word Croft