What is "thurcroft"

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, increasing to 6,900 at the 2011 Census. 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.