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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 ...
The original Leeds and Thirsk line was closed in 1958 and lifted in 1959. The goods station at Thirsk Town stayed open until October 1966 [6] with trains travelling down to Thirsk Town Junction and then reversing northwards for 0.5 mi (0.8 km) onto the East Coast Main Line and into Thirsk railway station. [7]
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.
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The station is about 2 miles (3 km) outside of Thirsk town centre and is actually on the edge of the village of Carlton Miniott. There are four tracks, but only the outer two have platforms; the platform faces serving the innermost pair of tracks were removed in the 1970s in preparation for higher-speed main line running using InterCity 125 ...
Sowerby (/ ˈ s aʊ ər b i /) [2] is a village, electoral ward and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England immediately south of the neighbouring market town of Thirsk.Although the boundary between the two parishes runs very close to Thirsk town centre, the village retains its own identity and has a separate Parish Council.
James Herriot, the best selling author of over 60 million copies of books about his experiences of some 50 years as a veterinarian in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, the town which he refers to as Darrowby in his books [146] (although born in Sunderland), has been admired for his easy reading style and interesting characters. [147]
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