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THIRSK , a See also:market-See also:town in the Thirsk and See also:Malton See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:North See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 22 M. N.W. by N. from See also:York by the North-Eastern railway. Pop. (1901) 3093. It lies in a fertile See also:plain W. of the Hambleton Hills, on the Codbeck, a small tributary of the Swale. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Mary, entirely Perpendicular, with parvise, See also:chancel, See also:nave, aisles, See also:porch, and See also:tower 8o ft. in height, is one of the most beautiful churches in the Riding. The See also:original See also:work of See also:oak is especially noteworthy. The See also:moat of the See also:ancient See also:castle built by the Mowbrays about 98o remains. The See also:principal• See also:modern buildings are the See also:assembly rooms, See also:mechanics' See also:institute, and See also:court-See also:house. See also:Standing in the fertile See also:district of the Vale of See also:Mowbray, the town has an extensive agricultural See also:trade. Agri-cultural implements are largely manufactured. See also:Iron-See also:founding, See also:engineering, tanning and See also:brick-making are carried on, and there are large See also:flour-See also:mills.
At the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the Domesday Survey, Thirsk (Treske) was a See also:manor of little importance belonging partly to the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king and partly to See also:Hugh, son of See also:Baldric. Soon afterwards it was granted to See also:Robert de Mowbray, who often resided there, and is said to have raised the castle See also:round which the See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough See also:grew up. His estates, being forfeited for See also:treason against See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Rufus, were restored by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry I. to See also:Nigel de Albini, Robert's See also:cousin, who took the name of Mowbray. See also:Roger, son of Nigel, took See also:part in the See also:rebellion against Henry II. in 1174, and although he was allowed to retain his estates, his castle at Thirsk was destroyed. The manor remained in his See also:family until the See also:death of See also:John de Mowbray, See also:duke of See also:Norfolk, without issue male in 1475, and after passing through several families was finally sold in 1723 to See also:Ralph See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
Bell, whose descendants thereafter held the manor. Thirsk is first mentioned as a borough in a See also:charter granted by Roger de Mowbray to See also:Newburgh Priory in the reign of Henry II. It was governed by a See also:bailiff elected by the burgesses at the court leet of the See also:lord of the manor, and never received a charter of See also:incorporation. The burgesses were represented in See also:parliament by two members in 1295 and again from 1552–53 to 1832, when by the Municipal Reform See also:Act the number was reduced to one. In 1885 the town was disfranchised. Roger de Mowbray held a market by See also:prescription in Thirsk in the 13th See also:century, and by See also:Camden's time (c. 1586) it had become one of the best markets in the North Riding. It is still held by the lord of the manor.
See See also:Victoria See also:County See also:History: Yorkshire; William Grainge, The Vale of Mowbray: a See also:historical and topographical See also:account of Thirsk and its neighbourhood (1859).
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