Thirlby

{{About|the village in North Yorkshire|other uses|Thirlby (surname)|and|Thurlby (disambiguation){{!}}Thurlby}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image_name = Village Street, Thirlby.jpg

| static_image_caption = Village street in Thirlby

| coordinates = {{coord|54.24912|-1.25572|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Thirlby

| population = 134

| population_ref = (2011 census)

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton

| post_town = THIRSK

| postcode_district = YO7

| postcode_area = YO

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SE485839

}}

Thirlby is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. With a population of about 120 in 2003, measured at 134 at the 2011 Census,{{NOMIS2011|id=1170216938|title=Thirlby Parish |accessdate=13 June 2018}} Thirlby is situated approximately {{convert|4|mi|km|1}} east of Thirsk.

Governance

The village lies within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Geography

According to the 2001 UK Census, the village had a population of 127, of which 103 were over the age of sixteen. Of these, 68 were in employment. The village had 54 dwellings of which 43 were detached.{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=7&b=797796&c=thirlby&d=16&g=475769&i=1001x1003&m=0&r=1&s=1356179758808&enc=1&domainId=15|title=2001 UK Census|accessdate=9 December 2012}}

The nearest settlements are Felixkirk {{convert|1.4|mi}} to the north west; Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe {{convert|1|mi}} to the south south west; Cold Kirby {{convert|2.75|mi}} to the east and Boltby {{convert|1.5|mi}} to the north. Thirlby Beck runs through the east of the village and is part of the tributary system of the River Swale.{{cite web | url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/tools-support/open-data-support | title=OpenData support | OS Tools & Support }}

Notable residents

Veterinarian and author James Alfred Wight, known popularly as James Herriot, lived in Thirlby, fictionally named as High Field House in Hannerly in his books If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet.{{cite web | url=http://www.jamesherriot.org/life-and-times/ | title=Life and Times of James Herriot | accessdate=7 September 2011 }}{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TD1CXLHIR7gC | title=Popular Contemporary Writers | author=Sharp, Michael D. | page=755 | year=2006| location=Tarrytown, NY | publisher=Marshall Cavendish | isbn=9780761476078 }}Herriot, James; All Creatures Great and Small: "If Only They Could Talk" and "It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet"; Pan Books (1993 edition). {{ISBN|0-330-25049-3}}

File:Former Methodist Chapel, Thirlby - geograph.org.uk - 396040.jpg|Former Methodist Chapel, Thirlby

File:Ford in Thirlby village. - geograph.org.uk - 396089.jpg|Thirlby Beck Ford in Thirlby village

References

External links

[https://www.thirlbyvillage.com Village Community Website]

Category:Villages in North Yorkshire

Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire