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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thirkleby like this:
THIRKLEBY, a parish in Thirsk district, N. R. Yorkshire; 3½ miles SE of Thirsk r. station. Post town, Thirsk. Acres, 2,597. Real property, £2,684. Pop., 299. Houses, 57. T. Hall is the seat of Sir R. F. Russell, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £250.* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church was rebuilt in 1849. Charities, £20.
Thirkleby is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thirkleby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thirkleby, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14333
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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