Thirlby is a village and civil parish in former Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. With a population of about 120 in 2003, measured at 134 at the 2011 Census, Thirlby is situated approximately 4 mi east of Thirsk.

Governance

The village lies within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. It is also within the Thirsk electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council and the Whitestonecliffe ward of Hambleton District Council.

Geography

According to the 2001 UK Census, the village had a population of 127, of which 103 were over the age of sixteen. Of these, 68 were in employment. The village had 54 dwellings of which 43 were detached. The nearest settlements are Felixkirk 1.4 mi to the north west; Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe 1 mi to the south south west; Cold Kirby 2.75 mi to the east and Boltby 1.5 mi to the north. Thirlby Beck runs through the east of the village and is part of the tributary system of the River Swale.

Notable residents

Veterinarian and author James Alfred Wight, known popularly as James Herriot, lived in Thirlby, fictionally named as High Field House in Hannerly in his books If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet. <Gallery> File:Former Methodist Chapel, Thirlby - geograph.org.uk - 396040.jpg|Former Methodist Chapel, Thirlby File:Ford in Thirlby village.

• geograph.org.uk - 396089.jpg|Thirlby Beck Ford in Thirlby village

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