Thurscross (or Thruscross, commonly called West End) is a township and ecclesiastical parish, formed out of the parish of Fewston, about 4 miles south-west from Darley railway station, 5 miles south from Pateley Bridge and 10 from Otley; it is in the Pateley Bridge union, Claro wapentake and Ripon county court district, rural deanery of Otley, archdeaconry of Craven and diocese of Ripon. The river Washburn flows through. The church of the Holy Trinity is a stone building, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, and turret with 2 bells: it was restored in 1875, principally through the exertion of the Rev. George Hales, rector of Barningham. The register dates from the year 1875. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £80, in the gift of the vicar of Fewston and held by the Rev. Mark Rowntree, of St. Bees, who is also vicar of Thornthwaite and resides at Darley. Here is a flax mill. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have chapels here. The Duke of Devonshire, who is lord of the manor, and the Rev. Thomas sheepshanks M.A. are the principal landowners. The soil is gravelly; subsoil, rock. The chief crops are oats. The area is 6,511 acres; rateable value, £2,320; and the population in 1871 was 302.

Bramley Head 2 miles, Low Green 2 miles, Rocking stone Hall 3 miles, and Thurscross Green 4 miles, are places in this township.

National school, William Simpson, master; Mrs. Hannah Simpson, mistress.