Thirsk

E207136

Thirsk is a historic market town in northern England, best known as the home of veterinarian-author James Herriot and as a gateway to the North York Moors.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Thirsk canonical 9
Thirsk and Malton 2
THIRSK 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
market town
town in England
country United Kingdom
distanceTo about 23 miles north of York
about 8 miles southeast of Northallerton
famousFor The World of James Herriot museum
association with James Herriot
governingBody Thirsk Town Council
hasAttraction St Mary’s Church, Thirsk
The World of James Herriot
Thirsk Museum
Thirsk Racecourse
hasDialCode 01845
hasEducationalInstitution Thirsk School and Sixth Form College
hasFeature traditional market square
hasLandmark Thirsk Clock Tower
Thirsk self-linksurface differs
surface form: Thirsk Market Place
hasPostcodeDistrict YO7
hasPostTown Thirsk self-linksurface differs
surface form: THIRSK
hasPrimaryIndustry agriculture
local services
tourism
hasRailwayStation Thirsk railway station
hasRegularMarket yes
hasReligiousBuilding St Mary’s Church, Thirsk
hasSportsClub Thirsk Cricket Club
hasSportsFacility Thirsk Racecourse
historicCounty Yorkshire
isGatewayTo North York Moors
isPartOf Hambleton
surface form: Hambleton district
locatedIn England
North Yorkshire
Yorkshire and the Humber
locatedOnRiver Cod Beck
marketCharterStatus market town
near North York Moors
surface form: North York Moors National Park
notableResident James Herriot
John Kirby Moorsom
Thomas Lord
parliamentaryConstituency Thirsk self-linksurface differs
surface form: Thirsk and Malton
railwayLine East Coast Main Line
region North Yorkshire
servedByRoad A168 road NERFINISHED
A19 road NERFINISHED
A61 road NERFINISHED
timeZone Europe/London
usesSummerTime British Summer Time

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Yorkshire contains Thirsk
Ryedale parliamentaryConstituency Thirsk
this entity surface form: Thirsk and Malton
Helmsley hasNearbyTown Thirsk
Cod Beck flowsThrough Thirsk
Cod Beck locatedIn Thirsk
this entity surface form: Thirsk and Malton area
Hambleton formedByMergerOf Thirsk
this entity surface form: Thirsk Rural District
Thirsk hasPostTown Thirsk self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: THIRSK
Thirsk hasLandmark Thirsk self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Thirsk Market Place
Thirsk parliamentaryConstituency Thirsk self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Thirsk and Malton
YO coversTown Thirsk
subject surface form: YO postcode area