Thirsk in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Thirsk is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Yarlestre
- Arden [Hall]
- Asenby
- Bagby
- Baxby
- Bergebi
- Berghebi
- Bernebi
- Boltby
- Breckenbrough
- Carlton [Husthwaite]
- Carlton [Miniott]
- Catton
- Coxwold
- Crakehill
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Thirsk is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Thirsk.
Listed Buildings Near Thirsk
Historic England records 62 listed buildings within about a mile of Thirsk. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Church of St Mary - 0.2 km
Grade II*
- Thirsk Hall - 0.26 km
Grade II
- Brick Walls to North of Thirsk Hall - 0.16 km
- Thirsk Hall Cottages - 0.18 km
- Brick Wall to South of Thirsk Hall Forecourt - 0.27 km
- At the Rear of Number 52 - 0.3 km
- Stables of Thirsk Hall to the South - 0.3 km
- Outbuilding Incorporating Dovecot to the South of Thirsk Hall - 0.3 km
- 42-50, KIRKGATE (See details for further address information) - 0.31 km
- 35, Kirkgate - 0.32 km
- 33, Kirkgate - 0.34 km
- 31, Kirkgate - 0.35 km
- The Cross Keys Public House - 0.35 km
- 29, Kirkgate - 0.36 km
- 26 and 28, Kirkgate - 0.36 km
- Thirsk Quaker Meeting House and Quaker Cottage - 0.37 km
- 21 and 23, Kirkgate - 0.39 km
- 8, St James’ Green - 0.41 km
- 14-18, Kirkgate - 0.41 km
- 10 and 12, Kirkgate - 0.42 km
- 7-15, Kirkgate - 0.43 km
- Mill Bridge - 0.44 km
- 35, 36 and 37, St James’ Green - 0.45 km
- 38, St James’ Green - 0.46 km
…and 38 more listed structures in the area.
Scheduled Monuments Near Thirsk
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Thirsk:
- A moated site 100m east of St Mary Magdalene’s Church - 0.34 km
- Thirsk Castle: a motte and bailey castle - 0.48 km
Thirsk Today
Today Thirsk lies within the administrative area of Hambleton, and the settlement recorded a population of 5,328 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Thirsk on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Sowerby - 1.4 km SE
- North Kilvington - 3.0 km N
- Carlton Miniott - 3.2 km W
- Thorpefield - 3.2 km S
- Hundulfthorpe Farm - 3.6 km NE
- Sand Hutton - 4.0 km W
Heritage Around Thirsk
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© Gordon Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Nick W · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Gordon Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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