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Thirsk Hall is a Grade II* listed manor house in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, dating from 1720. The house has been held by the Bell family for c. 300 years, and since 2021 also hosts a sculpture park .
Thirsk and Sowerby Town Hall. Thirsk has been in the Thirsk and Malton Parliamentary constituency since its creation for the 2010 general election. Kevin Hollinrake was elected MP at the 2015 UK general election. [24] The town was a parliamentary borough that had representation in 1295, and then from 1547 to 1885. For the majority of the latter ...
Thirsk and Sowerby Town Hall is a municipal building in Westgate, Sowerby, North Yorkshire, England. Although it is commonly described as being in Thirsk, it is on the south side of Westgate, which is in Sowerby. [1] The building is used as the meeting place of Thirsk Town Council and of Sowerby Parish Council.
The Domesday Book mentions the village of Thirkleby as "Turchilebi" in the wapentake of Yarlestre and belonging to the Coxwold manor. There were 54 villagers, and the land consisted of ploughed fields and woodland. [3] At the time of the Norman invasion, the lands belonged to Kofse, but soon afterwards they were granted to Hugh, son of Baldric. [4]
The village lies within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. It is part of the Thirsk electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council and was part of the Hambleton district from 1974 to 2023. [3] The population of this ward taken in the 2011 census was 1,863. [4] The local Parish Council has six members including the chair. [5]
The Bells are Lords of the Manor of Thirsk in Yorkshire, living in Thirsk Hall, which John Bell inherited from his father, also called John Bell.The Manor has been in the family since the fifteenth century though there had been several cases where there was no direct heir and it had passed to a sister's son who had assumed the name Bell.
It is 4 miles north of Thirsk and Brawith Hall is approximately a mile away from Knayton. The local primary school is Knayton Church of England Primary school, which provides education for 148 children between the ages of 4 and 11 years old. The village has a village hall that is situated on the green.
The name of the village derives from an Old English personal name (Cēngifu), and the Old English word tūn meaning town. [3] [4] The Dog and Gun public house faces the village green and the village hall, whilst the village school, Knayton Church of England Academy, is on the western side of the A19. [5]