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Thirsk is a small market town and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is south-south east of the county town of Northallerton. According to the 2011 UK Census, the population was 4,998. Thirsk is a popular tourist destination close to the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors. It has a variety of small and medium-sized businesses. It was the home of author James Herriot and birthplace of Thomas Lord, after whom Lord's Cricket Ground is named. Thirsk racecourse is on the western edge of the town. ==History== Local archeological finds indicate there was a settlement here around 500–600 BC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Local History )〕 The town is mentioned twice in the ''Domesday Book'' as ''Tresche'', in the ''Yarlestre'' hundred. At the time of the Norman invasion the manor was split between ''Orm'' and ''Thor'', local Saxon landowners. Afterwards the manor was split between ''Hugh, son of Baldric'' and the Crown. Most of the land was granted thereafter to Robert de Mowbray, after whom the surrounding vale is named. By 1145, what is now Old Thirsk was known as a borough, whilst the remaining land in the parish was subject to manorial rights. The manor continued to be in the possession of the Mowbrays, despite several claims, until the death of the 16th Lord Mowbray in 1476. With no direct succession, it passed to the daughter of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk who had married into the Berkeley family. Her son, William de Berkeley, 1st Marquess of Berkeley then inherited the manor on her death. It remained with this family until 1723 when it was sold to Ralph Bell of Sowerby. It remained in the Bell family into the 20th century.〔〔 The name is derived from the Viking (Old Norse) word ''þresk'' meaning fen or lake. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thirsk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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