# Thirn

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{{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](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2011))<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170216939|title=Thirn Parish |accessdate=13 June 2018}}</ref>
| unitary_england          = [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire_(district))
| lieutenancy_england      = [North Yorkshire](/source/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](/source/civil_parish) in [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire), England.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thirn, Hambleton |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/thirn-hambleton |website=getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> It is situated close to the [River Ure](/source/River_Ure), about {{convert|3|mi|0}} south-west of [Bedale](/source/Bedale).<ref>{{cite map|title =Northallerton & Thirsk |map =302 |year = 2018|scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn =978-0-319-24554-5 }}</ref>

The hamlet of Thirn is mentioned in the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book), and the name derives from the [Old English](/source/Old_English) ''þyrne'', meaning ''thorn-bush''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thirn {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE2185/thirn/ |website=opendomesday.org |access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> Historically the hamlet was in the [ecclesiastical parish](/source/ecclesiastical_parish) of [Thornton Watlass](/source/Thornton_Watlass), in the [wapentake](/source/wapentake) of [Hang East](/source/Hang_East).<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="VCH">{{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}}</ref>

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the [Hambleton District](/source/Hambleton_District), it is now administered by the unitary [North Yorkshire Council](/source/North_Yorkshire_Council).

There is a former Wesleyan Chapel which is located on the road to Thornton Watlass,<ref name="VCH"/> and a former public house (The Boot & Shoe).<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire
Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire

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