Thrussington is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the Charnwood

Charnwood (borough)

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 district of Leicestershire

Leicestershire

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, England

England

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. It is on the River Wreake

River Wreake

The River Wreake is a river in Leicestershire, England. It is a tributary of the River Soar. The river between Stapleford Park and Melton Mowbray is known as the River Eye and becomes the Wreake below Melton Mowbray....

, near to Rearsby

Rearsby

Rearsby is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The parish has a population of about 1,000. It is on the A607 road between Leicester and Melton Mowbray, and is just south of the River Wreake. Nearby places are East Goscote, Thrussington and Rotherby...

, Ratcliffe on the Wreake

Ratcliffe on the Wreake

Ratcliffe on the Wreake is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. It is just to the north of the River Wreake, opposite East Goscote....

, Hoby

Hoby with Rotherby

Hoby with Rotherby is a civil parish in Leicestershire, England. In the 2001 census it had a population of 594. It includes the villages of Hoby, Rotherby, Ragdale and Brooksby. The parish is part of Melton local government district, and within the Rutland and Melton constituency.- External...

 and Brooksby

Brooksby

Brooksby is a village in Leicestershire, England. Brooksby Melton College offers apprenticeships and further education training courses in animal care, countryside, equine, fisheries, and land based service engineering....

, and not far from the path of the Fosse Way

Fosse Way

The Fosse Way was a Roman road in England that linked Exeter in South West England to Lincoln in Lincolnshire, via Ilchester , Bath , Cirencester and Leicester .It joined Akeman Street and Ermin Way at Cirencester, crossed Watling Street at Venonis south...

Events

This village boasts annual events that take part throughout the year. These include, Thrussington Fun Run, Skittles on The Green and various social and fund raising events. Most of the events raise money for the local community including the school, church and village hall.
According to the Thrussington Parish council web site Thrussington is a small village which originated as a Danish settlement on the western side of the River Wreake.
The village is a thriving community of approximately 550 residents, and has a school, hairdresser and two public houses. The village church is Holy Trinity and is of Norman origin.
The village seems to have been shared, in political and historical terms between Lords of Loughborough and Melton as there is no record of a “Lord of the Manor”.
John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thrussington like this:
“THRUSSINGTON, a parish, with a village, in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicester; on the river Wreak, ½ a mile N of Rearsby r. station, and 7½ WSW of Melton-Mowbray. It has a post-office under Leicester. Acres, 2,200. Real property, £4,113. Pop., 574. Houses, 136. The manor is divided among four. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £240.* Patron, Mrs. Bishop. The church was repaired in 1836. There are three dissenting chapels, a slightly endowed school, and charities £11.”
The Anglican church is dedicated to The Holy Trinity and seats 250. It was built in the 14 th century, substantially repaired in 1836, further restored in 1877 which included the tower.

The village has had some success in promoting its “in bloom” image.

Transport

Thrussington is situated 1 mile East of the A46 giving easy access by car to both Leicester

Leicester

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 and Nottingham

Nottingham

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. The village is also has a bus service that travels through the villages to Melton Mowbray

Melton Mowbray

Melton Mowbray is a town in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It is to the northeast of Leicester, and southeast of Nottingham...

 and Leicester

Leicester

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