We hope that you enjoy this electronic visit to Thorganby, but there is no substitute for the real thing. Our information and links to external sites may whet your appetite but only feet on the ground will really bring it all to life. Click HERE for a weather check before you leave home!

Within these pages there is detail on St Helen's, our ancient village church, tracing it's origins back to the times of the Saxons.

You can learn a little about the history of land ownership in our village. There are still people living here who can remember the vestiges of the feudal system which survived almost intact well into the twentieth century.

Another page takes you to Thicket Priory, once the squire's country residence and today occupied as a monastery by nuns of the Carmelite Order.

You can also discover something about our place in the natural world. We abut the River Derwent and its Ings. These are scheduled as Sites of Special Scientific Interest and are known to ornithologists from around the world.

All in all, a very special corner of Olde England. We are scheduled as a village of Conservation importance by the District planners and yet, with all of our natural attractions and agricultural charm, we are only eight miles from the centre of the historic City of York. Check this link for things to see and do. Check out this LINK for information about the religious background to York's Minster.

You can follow this link to read a transcript of the entry of "Professions and Trades" for Thorganby in Baine's Directory of 1823.  And you can follow this one to a transcript of the entry for the Post Office, Professions and Trades for Thorganby to be found in Bulmer's Directory of 1892.  Try this link to access the GENUKI database with several Thorganby links.Or you could follow this link to pay a visit to the photo site of the Derwent Valley Light Railway which once used to pass through the village.

We even have own vegetable processing factory with the presence of  J. E. Hartley.

Or you could try and locate the Giant's Hill - this LINK will help you on your way!

But this LINK may be the best of all - it will take you to British History on line and a comprehensive report on the history of Thorganby from Viking times to the present day.

Finally, this link will lead you to geographical and historical information on Thorganby, also for the year 1892.

Why not include us on your itinerary when visiting this part of the world? Even better, come and stay awhile so that you, too, can take in some fresh air, country ambience and that feeling of "coming home" as you meander along our highways and byways.  

Mist on the Ings during a a late winter sunrise.