Thirn

Thirn
Thirn
	Village street
	Thirn Location within North Yorkshire
Population	144 (Including Clifton-on-Yore and Rookwith. 2011 census)
OS grid reference	SE217859
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire;
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ripon
Postcode district	HG4
Dialling code	01677
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°16′07″N 1°40′03″W / 54.2685°N 1.66756°W

Thirn is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.^[2] It is situated close to the River Ure, about 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Bedale.^[3]

The hamlet of Thirn is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and the name derives from the Old English þyrne, meaning thorn-bush.^[4]^[5]^[6] Historically the hamlet was in the ecclesiastical parish of Thornton Watlass, in the wapentake of Hang East.^[7]^[8]

There is a former Wesleyan Chapel which is located on the road to Thornton Watlass,^[8] and a former public house (The Boot & Shoe).^[9]

References

^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Thirn Parish (1170216939)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
^ "Thirn, Hambleton". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "302" (Map). Northallerton & Thirsk. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2018. ISBN 978-0-319-24554-5.
^ "Thirn | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "Thirn :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 466. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
^ "Genuki: In 1822, the following places were in the Parish of Thornton Watlass:, Yorkshire (North Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b Page, William (1914). The Victoria history of the county of York, North Riding. v.1. London: Constable. p. 344. OCLC 829423488.
^ "Owners win battle to convert pub to home". The Northern Echo. 4 October 2002. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

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