Everything about Thirsk totally explained
Thirsk is a small
market town in the
Hambleton district of
North Yorkshire,
England. The local travel links are located a mile from the town centre to
Thirsk railway station and 20 miles to
Teesside International Airport. Also, the main road running through the town is the
A61, connecting Thirsk to
Ripon. The town has a population of 4,703 according to the
2001 Census.
Thirsk is a popular tourist destination attracting visitors, especially with
Thirsk Racecourse and the
North York Moors.
The town lies in the
Vale of Mowbray, twenty miles north of
York.
Cod Beck runs through the centre of Thirsk - the area to the east of the river is called
Old Thirsk. The
A19 road now, after a bypass was built in the 1960s, passes Thirsk to the east; the former route of the A19 through the town is the
A61 to the north to
South Kilvington and the
A170 to the south at the junction where the A19 joins the original route to the south.
The town is mentioned in the
Domesday Book of
1089 as
Tresche, derived from the
Viking (
Old Norse) word
þresk = "
marsh". It is surrounded by a number of
villages also having names of
Danish origin, such as
Thirlby,
Boltby,
Borrowby and
Sowerby (the
-by suffix meaning village or farmstead).
Thirsk is built around a large medieval market square, which still hosts an open-air market each Monday and Saturday. Thirsk possesses a museum and the
15th century church of St Marys.
Thirsk's chief modern claim to fame is as the home of the
veterinary surgeon and author
James Herriot, although it was renamed "Darrowby" in the books. The veterinary practice at 23 Kirkgate, in which he was a partner along with
Donald Sinclair (Siegfried Farnon in the books) now houses a
museum dedicated to his life and works,
The World of James Herriot.
Thomas Lord, another Thirsk notable, was born in a house which now houses the Thirsk Museum, also on Kirkgate. Another local attraction is the
Kilburn White Horse, a chalk horse carved into the hillside about four miles east of the town.
The Ritz Cinema on Westgate is a small 200 seat (100 stalls, 100 balcony)
cinema run by
volunteers. It shows in a period setting most of the current films and is run for residents and visitors to Thirsk and the local villages by a dedicated team of volunteers.
The
race course (External Link
) at Thirsk is a leading venue for
horse racing on the flat in the
Spring and
Summer months.
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