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Overview
Thirsk is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England; it is known for its racecourse and depiction as local author James Herriot's fictional Darrowby.
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History
Archeological finds indicate there was a settlement in Thirsk around 500–600 BC. The town's name is derived from the Old Norse word , meaning 'fen' or 'lake'. Thirsk is mentioned twice in the 1086 Domesday Book as Tresche, in the Yarlestre wapentake, a village with ten households. At the time of the Norman invasion the manor was split between Orm and Thor, local Anglo-Saxon landowners. Afterwards, it was split between Hugh, son of Baldric, and the Crown. Most of Thirsk was granted to a Robert de Mowbray from Montbray in Normandy, for whose descendants the House of Mowbray and the Vale of Mowbray are named. By 1145, what is now Old Thirsk had gained a Market charter giving it town and borough status. The remaining land in the parish was under manorial rights. The Mowbray family built a castle on the north side of Castlegate. It is not mentioned in the Domesday Book and an exact date is not recorded for its construction, but it was completely destroyed by 1176 following an uprising against Henry II. William de Mowbray, 6th Baron of Thirsk, 4th Baron Mowbray, was one of the 25 executors of the Magna Carta in 1215. The Mowbrays built a manor house on the old castle site which was destroyed by the Scots in 1322. With no direct succession, the daughter of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, who had married into the Berkeley family, inherited the manor. Her son, William de Berkeley, 1st Marquess of Berkeley, inherited it on her death. For some years, the manor was held by Thomas Stanley Earl of Derby, whose successors held it after William's death, until 1723. In that year, it was sold by James, Earl of Derby to Ralph Bell of Sowerby, "whose descendants thereafter held the manor". It remained in the Bell family into the 20th century. Thirsk Hall in Kirkgate is…
Geography
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" !Place!!Distance!!Direction!!Relation |- |London | |South |Capital city |- |Middlesbrough | |North-east |Most populated place in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire |- |York | |South-west |Historic county town |- |Northallerton | |North |County town |} Thirsk is in the Vale of Mowbray and situated around the Cod Beck. Within Thirsk, Norby lies to the north-west, and Old Thirsk to the north-east. The separate parish of Sowerby abuts to the south. Nearby villages with names of Danish origin, identified by the suffix by meaning village, include Thirlby, Boltby and Borrowby.
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- ONS code
- osgb4000000074547738
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- Town
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- Yorkshire and the Humber
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- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
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- • Open Library
- • ONS / OS Open Names — UK official place gazetteer, via api.postcodes.io (OS code, local type, county/unitary, district/borough, region)
- • ONS — UK Office for National Statistics — api.postcodes.io / OS Open Names