Thirn

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2018}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image_name = Thirn (geograph 4637349).jpg

| static_image_caption = Village street

| coordinates = {{coord|54.2685|-1.66756|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Thirn

| population = 144

| population_ref = (Including Clifton-on-Yore and Rookwith. 2011 census){{NOMIS2011|id=1170216939|title=Thirn Parish |accessdate=13 June 2018}}

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster =

| post_town = Ripon

| postcode_district = HG4

| postcode_area = HG

| dial_code = 01677

| os_grid_reference = SE217859

}}

Thirn is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.{{cite web |title=Thirn, Hambleton |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/thirn-hambleton |website=getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |access-date=11 December 2021}} It is situated close to the River Ure, about {{convert|3|mi|0}} south-west of Bedale.{{cite map|title =Northallerton & Thirsk |map =302 |year = 2018|scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn =978-0-319-24554-5 }}

The hamlet of Thirn is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and the name derives from the Old English þyrne, meaning thorn-bush.{{cite web |title=Thirn {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE2185/thirn/ |website=opendomesday.org |access-date=11 December 2021}}{{cite web |title=Thirn :: Survey of English Place-Names |url=http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/North+Riding+of+Yorkshire/Thornton+Watlass/53286b33b47fc40bc60005d2-Thirn |website=epns.nottingham.ac.uk |access-date=11 December 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |oclc=1228215388 |page= 466|edition=4}} Historically the hamlet was in the ecclesiastical parish of Thornton Watlass, in the wapentake of Hang East.{{cite web |title=Genuki: In 1822, the following places were in the Parish of Thornton Watlass:, Yorkshire (North Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/ThorntonWatlass/more |website=www.genuki.org.uk |access-date=11 December 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Page |first1=William |title=The Victoria history of the county of York, North Riding. v.1 |date=1914 |publisher=Constable |location=London |page=344|oclc=829423488}}

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

There is a former Wesleyan Chapel which is located on the road to Thornton Watlass, and a former public house (The Boot & Shoe).{{cite news |title=Owners win battle to convert pub to home |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7057591.owners-win-battle-convert-pub-home/ |access-date=11 December 2021 |work=The Northern Echo |date=4 October 2002}}