Thirsk Genealogical Records
Thirsk Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of baptism registers, searchable by a name index. They list parents' names - their occupations, residence and sometimes other details.
A searchable database containing transcriptions of the baptism registers of Yorshire, Thirsk. These records may help trace a family as far back as 1556.
A growing index of births registered in the county. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
An index to 1,250,301 baptisms, linked to images of the original registers. These records will provide parents' names, residences, occupations and occasionally other details.
Thirsk Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of marriage registers, searchable by a name index. They are the primary source for pre-1837 marriages. They may record the bride and groom's residence, the groom's occupation, parents' names, marital status and witnesses.
Banns registers record details of those who wished to marry. They sometimes contain information not listed in marriage registers, notably the bride and groom's parish of residence. Banns also record marriages that were intended that did not go ahead and serve as a filler when a marriage register has been lost or damaged.
A searchable database containing a transcription of the marriage registers of Thirsk. These records may help trace a family as far back as 1556.
Brief notes on marriages that occurred at the church between 1702 and 1702.
Thirsk Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. Details given may include the deceased's name, residence, age, names of relations, cause of death and more.
A searchable transcript of burials in the churchyard of Thirsk. These records essentially record deaths in and around Thirsk between 1556 and 1720.
Burial records covering those buried at St Mary, Thirsk_. This resource is an index and may not include all the details that were recorded in the burial registers from which they were extracted.
A growing index of deaths registered in the county. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
Thirsk Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A tax on the county's wealthier residents, ordered by wapentake or liberty and settlement.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1891 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Newspapers Covering Thirsk
This fully searchable newspaper will provide a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Yorkshire district. Includes family announcements.
Britain's most popular provincial newspaper, covering local & national news, family announcements, government & local proceedings and more.
An illustrated, conservative newspaper with a national focus.
A regional newspaper including news from the Yorkshire area, family announcements, business notices, advertisements, legal & governmental proceedings and more.
A regional newspaper including news from the Yorkshire district, business notices, family announcements, legal & governmental proceedings, advertisements and more.
Thirsk Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
Digital images, indexed by testor's name, of 28,716 wills, administrations, inventories and other probate documents. The records can shed light on an individual’s relations, possessions, land holdings, legal agreements and more. They cover various jurisdictions throughout the north of England.
An index to 263,822 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, year of probate, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
An index to 10,195 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, occupation, will & probate year, language, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
An index to wills, proved by the Derby Probate Registry. Index includes name, residence and year of probate. Contains entries for Yorkshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and other counties.
Thirsk Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Thirsk Military Records
A history of the militia, supplemented by lists of its officers.
A general history of the regiment, including biographies of its colonels.
An inventory of memorials commemorating those who served and died in military conflicts.
A chronicle of happenings in the counties of Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire relating to the war in Europe. Contains much detail on ship building.
Lists of officers by rank, regiment and name.
Thirsk Court & Legal Records
Abstracts of records that detail land conveyances.
Transcriptions of pleas brought before a court. They largely concern land disputes.
Transcripts of 17,368 admission records, including name, gender, age, occupation, date of admission, cause of insanity, outcome of incarceration, date of leaving the institution and more.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Over 175,000 records detailing prisoner's alleged offences and the outcome of their trial. Contains genealogical information.
Thirsk Taxation Records
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A transcription of the Lincolnshire section of the Domesday Book, which records land ownership, use and value in the late 11th century; and similar survey completed in 1118.
A tax on the county's wealthier residents, ordered by wapentake or liberty and settlement.
Thirsk Land & Property Records
Extracts for North Riding settlements found in the Domesday book. Includes the modern & 11th century place name, land owners and details of later history.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
Abstracts of records that detail land conveyances.
Thirsk Directories & Gazetteers
A directory of settlements in the riding detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
A directory of the riding detailing its history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
A directory outlining the history of settlements in the North and East Ridings and listing their commercial, private and professional residents.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the private Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the private residents..
Thirsk Cemeteries
Details extracted from tombs, monuments and plaques.
An index to vital details from monuments at St Mary & Methodist Chapel, Thirsk.
Photographs and descriptions of North Riding's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
An index to close to 150,000 names listed on gravestones in Yorkshire.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Thirsk Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Thirsk Histories & Books
A general history of the area and its divisions.
Extracts for North Riding settlements found in the Domesday book. Includes the modern & 11th century place name, land owners and details of later history.
An English translation of Yorkshire domesday records. This transcripts details the county's landowners in 1086.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A chronicle of happenings in the counties of Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire relating to the war in Europe. Contains much detail on ship building.
Thirsk School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Thirsk Occupation & Business Records
Profiles of collieries in the north of England, with employment statistics, profiles of those who died in the mines and photographs.
Reports of mining distastes, includes lists of the deceased and photographs of monuments.
An introduction to smuggling on the east coast of England, with details of the act in various regions.
Abstract biographies of people connected with mining in the North of England.
A searchable book detailing the Yorkshire Rugby Football Union around the time of the Great War. Contains the names of many players and other persons associated with the sport.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Thirsk
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Thirsk Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Photographs and descriptions of North Riding's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Pedigrees compiled from a late 16th century heraldic visitation of Yorkshire. This work records the lineage, descendants and marriages of families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Pedigrees compiled from a early 17th century heraldic visitation of Yorkshire. This work records the lineage, descendants and marriages of families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
Thirsk Church Records
The primary source of documentation for baptisms, marriages and burials before 1837, though extremely useful to the present. Their records can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
Digital images of baptism, marriage and burial registers from Church of England places of worship in Yorkshire.
Records recording teens and young adults commitment to the Christian faith.
Documentation for those baptised, married and buried at England. Parish registers can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
The primary source of documentation for baptisms, marriages and burials before 1837, though extremely useful to the present. Their records can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
Biographical Directories Covering Thirsk
A listing of the prominent residents of the county of Yorkshire, giving details on family, education, careers, hobbies, associations and more. Also includes details on the county's government officials, military officers, members of parliament, religious leaders and demographics.
Biographies of hundreds of men who served as officers in The Green Howards, an infant regiment in the King's Division. Details given include parentage, date of birth, military career and later professional career.
Abstract biographies of people connected with mining in the North of England.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Thirsk Maps
Digital images of maps covering the county.
A number of maps of northern England with the locations of collieries plotted.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Thirsk Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
Thirsk is an ancient borough town, by prescription, situated on a small river, which divides the town into two parts, usually denominated _the Old and New Town, and the communication between effected by two small but handsome bridges. That part called the New Town, is in general well built, and stands mostly on the ground which was once the site of a huge castle, belonging to the ancient family of the Mowbrays, and which was demolished in the reign of Henry II.
The municipal government of the town is vested in a bailiff, who is chosen by the burgage holders, and is sworn in by the steward of the lord of the manor, for whom he holds a court-leet twice a year, at Lady-day and Michaelmas.
The church is a handsome Gothic structure, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, and supposed to have been built out of the ruins of the castle. It is allowed by travellers (both in external and internal structure), to be a remarkably fine specimen of this style of architecture. The living is rectoral, including the villages of Sowerby, Carlton, and Sand Hutton, each of which places have chapels of ease.
The manufactures of this place are inconsiderable, consisting chiefly of coarse linens, white and black hardings, sackings, bridles, and saddles. The market on Monday is plentifully supplied with all kinds of provisions, and sometimes with fish from the coast. Much of the poultry, butter, &c. is bought up by persons who carry it to Leeds and other places in the West Riding. The many fairs also attract a considerable number of dealers in leather.
There is an academy of some note in this town, at which there are seldom less than 150 scholars from different parts of the kingdom. The society for the education of clergymen’s orphan children place all their boys at this school. At Bagby, two miles south-east from Thirsk, was an hospital for the sick and poor, founded about the year 1200.
Besides the parish church, the Calvinists, the Quakers, and Methodists have their respective meetings. The environs are fertile and pleasant.
The Roman road from the station at Aldby, on the river Derwent, passed through Easingwold and this town to North Allerton.
Thornton on the Street, a small village, through which we pass between Thirsk and North Allerton, is supposed to be situated upon the old Roman road.
THIRSK is a market and union town and parish, and the head of a county court district, seated on the Cod beck, a feeder of the river Swale, which takes its rise in the Osmotherley moors, and, after passing Ellerbeck, Crosby and Thirsk, finds its way into the Swale below Topcliffe. There is a station one mile west of the town, on the main line of the North Eastern railway, 220 mites from London, 61 ¼ from Beverley, 61 ¾ from Bridlington, 22 south from Darlington, 41 from Durham, 50 from Driffield, 41 ½ west from Filey, 69 ½ from Hull, 42 ¼ from Leeds, 30 from Malton, 14 east from Masham, 7 ¾ south from Northallerton, 40 ¾ west from Pickering, 11 north-east from Ripon, 51 west from Scarborough, 75 from Sheffield, 64 ¾ south-west from Whitby and 22 ¼ north-by-west from York, in the Thirsk and Malton division of the Riding, wapentake and petty sessional division of Birdforth, rural deanery of Thirsk, archdeaconry of Cleveland and diocese of York. The Cod beck is here crossed by two stone bridges connecting the Old with the New Town.
Thirsk, though never incorporated, was a borough by prescription, and first sent members to Parliament in 1205, during the reign of Edward I. but not afterwards until the last Parliament of Edward VI. (1552—3), from which time the privilege was continued without interruption till the passing of the Reform Act of 1832, which reduced the representation to a single member, but extended the parliamentary borough, so as to include the townships of Sowerby, Carlton, Miniott, sand-Hutton, south Kilvington and Bagby. Under the “Redistribution of seats Act, 1885,” the borough was absorbed in the Thirsk and Malton parliamentary division. The town consists chiefly of a spacious market place, from which various streets branch off: it is paved, and lighted with gas by a company incorporated in 1871, and by electricity by the Northern Counties Electricity Co. Limited, and is supplied with water by the Thirsk District Water Co. Limited.
The church of St. Mary the Virgin is a large and handsome embattled structure in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of six bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower 80 feet in height containing a clock and 8 bells, one of which bears the inscription “Jesus, 1410,” in antique capitals, and is supposed to have been brought from Fountains Abbey: the interior has superb open roofs of Irish oak, enriched with carved bosses and cusped ornament at the intersections: at the east end of the north aisle is a screen, open above and panelled below, inclosing one bay, which forms a chapel and retains a piscina: the font retains parts of its original Perpendicular cover, 21 feet in height, and adorned with crocketed pinnacles: on the north side of the chancel is a panelled doorway, with square padlock, and on the south side three sedilia and a piscina: the communion table, of carved oak, is said to have belonged to Byland Abbey; on either side of it is a trefoiled niche: between the clerestory windows are wall paintings of large figures of the twelve Apostles: the east end of the north aisle, formerly a chantry chapel, is now occupied by a fine new organ: the whole exterior is surrounded by pierced battlements relieved by crocketed pinnacles; above the porch is a parvise in which a hermit, named Parkinson, resided about the year 1513: the eastern window was painted by Lady Walsingham and her four sisters: the west window is a memorial to the late Frederick Bell esq.: the east window of the south aisle contains Perpendicular glass, with figures of Our Lord and various saints, besides numerous shields of arms, including the royal coat of the Plantagenets and that of Mowbray: the chancel was restored in 1844, by Thomas, 5th Baron Walsingham, and Sir Robert Frankland Russell bart. in memory of Augusta Louisa, daughter of Sir R. F. Russell, and wife of Lord Walsingham, d. 1844; the rest of the church was partially restored in 1877, at a cost of £6,400, under the direction of the late G. E. Street esq. B.A. and reopened a October in that year by the Archbishop of York: the restoration was completed in 1899, at an additional cost of £1,500: there are 700 sittings. The register dates from the year 1556. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £298, including 6 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of York, and held since 1910 by the Rev. Hubert Pearson Hustler Austen M.A. of Keble College, Oxford; the great tithes, amounting to £450, are in the hands of lay impropriators. There is a good glebe house close to the church.
The Catholic Church, erected in 1867, at a cost of £2,000, and dedicated to All Saints, consists of chancel, nave, vestry, and a north porch: there are three stained windows, representing St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary; attached to the church is a good residence for the resident priest, the Rev. Gabriel Ryan. There is a Congregational chapel, erected in 1805, seating 520 persons, also Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and a Friends’ meeting house. A cemetery of 3 acres was formed in 1878, at a cost of about £2,500, and contains two mortuary chapels: it is under the control of the Parish Council as burial authority. There are several parochial charities. In the town are three branch banks and two savings banks.
The market day is on Monday, and the market is regarded as one of the best in the North Riding, produce being supplied by 70 neighbouring townships, and there is ample room for the stowage and sale of all commodities. Fairs are held on shrove Monday and April 4th and 5th, for horses, horned cattle, sheep and leather; a pleasure fair is held on May Day; on August 4th and 5th and October 28th and 2sth for sheep and horned cattle; and on the first Tuesday after December 11th for horned cattle and leather. There are two Auction Marts for the sale of cattle, sheep and pigs; one was established in the year 1870 and the other in the year 1907, and here close upon 500 and 800 head of stock are disposed of respectively every alternate Monday.
The savings Bank and Assembly Booms is a large and handsome building, erected in 1849.
Thirsk Institute, Westgate, was built in 1852, and has a library of about 1,300 volumes. A recreation room was added in 1900 containing two billiard tables &c.
This place, being situated in the midst of a most luxuriant and fertile district in the fruitful Vale of Mowbray, produces large quantities of timber, corn, wool, bark and other agricultural produce. An extensive agricultural engineering works affords employment to a large number of hands. There are also a few other trades carried on to some extent in the town and neighbourhood, such as tanning and dressing of leather, malting, brick making, iron founding; and there are several corn mills, propelled by steam and water power.
Races are held here in the spring and autumn; the course, which has a grand stand, is to the west of the town.
The Lambert Memorial Hospital in Chapel street, built and endowed in 1890 by Mrs. Lambert, of Sowerby, is an edifice of red brick with stone dressings, and comprises three wards containing three beds each. The Hospital is governed by five trustees and a house committee.
The principal landowners are Reginald Bell esq. J.P. of Thirsk Hall, who is lord of the manor, and Lady Payne-Frankland, of Thirkleby Park.
In that part of Thirsk now called “New Town,” there ones stood, an ancient castle of the Mowbrays, who held the manor from the time of the Conquest; the moats are still to be traced, but of the building there are now no remains: it was demolished in the reign of Henry II. on the suppression of the rebellion of Prince Henry, Roger de Mowbray, its then possessor, having joined the forces of the prince; the materials of the castle are said to have been used in the erection of the church. In Old Thirsk was once a chantry, founded in the time of Henry I. by William de Mowbray, but its site is unknown.
The area is 3,243 acres of land and 7 of water; rateable value, £21,064; the population in 1911 was 2,937, including 4 officers and 44 inmates in the workhouse.
TERRITORIAL FORCE.
Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own) Yeomanry (Detachment of B squadron), Capt. Cecil Brennand, commanding; Squad.-Sergt.-Major Potter, Huntington road, York, drill instructor.
4th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (Detachment of H Co.), Drill hall, Castlegate; Capt-G. J. E. Gardner; Color-Sergt. W. H. Colton, drill instructor.
THIRSK UNION
Board day, Monday, fortnightly, at the Workhouse at 1.30 p.m.
Thirsk union comprises the following townships:-Ainderby Quernhow, Bagby, Balk, Birdforth, Boltby, Carlton Miniott, Catton, Cowesby, Dalton, Ellenthorpe, Eldmire-with-Crakehill, Fawdington, Felixkirk, Holme, Hood Grange, Howe, Humberton, Hutton Sessay, Kepwick, Kilburn, Kirby Hill, Kirby Knowle, Kirby Wiske, Knayton-with-Brawith, Langthorpe, Maunby, Milby, Newby Wiske, Newsham-with-Breckenborough, North Kilvington, Norton-le-Clay, Pickhill-with-Roxby, sand Hutton, Sessay, Sinderby, Skipton-upon-Swale, South Kilvington, South Otterington, Sowerby, Sutton-under-Whitestoneclifle, Thirkleby, Thirlby, Thirsk, Thornborough, Thornton Bridge, Thornton-le-Moor, Thom ton-le-Street, Topcliffe & Upsall. The area of the union is 71,650 acres; rateable value December, 1912, £145,018; the population in 1911 was 12,793.
Under the provisions of “the North and West sidings of Yorkshire (Great Ouseburn &c.) Confirmation Order, 1894,” the parishes of Ellenthorpe, Humberton, Kirkby Hill, Langthorpe, Milby, Norton-le-Clay and Thornton Bridge were transferred from Great Ouseburn union to Thirsk union.
The Workhouse, in the Sutton road, is a structure of brick, erected in 1834, & enlarged in 1886, for 123 inmates.
PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services
St. Mary the Virgin Church, Rev. Hubert Pearson Hustler Austen M.A. vicar; Rev. Charles Edgar Howlett B.A. curate; Rev. Eusebius Bichardson M.A. hon. curate; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 8 a.m.; 7.30 p.m. in summer, 5.30 p.m. in winter.
All Saints, Catholic, Castlegate, Rev. Gabriel Ryan, priest; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; daily mass, 8 a.m.
Friends’ Meeting House, Kirkgate, 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 10.30 a.m.
Congregational, Finkle street, Rev. Frederick Thomas Weekes; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.
Primitive Methodist, Castlegate, Rev. George Feaver M.A.; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; every alternate Mon. 7.30 p.m.
Wesleyan Methodist, St. James’ green, Rev. George England sheers B.A. (supt.) & Rev. George Henry Marshall; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tue. 7.15 p.m.
SCHOOLS
St. James’s Green (mixed), erected in 1861, for 300 children; average attendance, 230.
Long street (mixed), erected in 1841, for 250 boys & girls; average attendance, 160 boys & girls.
Catholic, Castlegate, erected in 1872, for 60 children; average attendance, 42.
Infants’, Finkle street, erected in 1846, for 100 & enlarged in 1892, for 150 children; average attendance, 125.
Most Common Surnames in Thirsk
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Birdforth Wapentake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wright | 86 | 1:47 | 0.69% | 14 |
| 2 | Thompson | 57 | 1:70 | 0.36% | 9 |
| 3 | Barker | 54 | 1:74 | 0.53% | 19 |
| 4 | Lee | 49 | 1:82 | 0.60% | 31 |
| 5 | Bell | 46 | 1:87 | 0.67% | 49 |
| 6 | Johnson | 44 | 1:91 | 0.32% | 12 |
| 7 | Gill | 41 | 1:98 | 0.66% | 54 |
| 8 | Harland | 40 | 1:100 | 3.20% | 402 |
| 9 | Brown | 38 | 1:105 | 0.22% | 7 |
| 9 | Coates | 38 | 1:105 | 1.02% | 103 |
| 11 | Hall | 36 | 1:111 | 0.33% | 17 |
| 11 | Rose | 36 | 1:111 | 2.74% | 378 |
| 13 | Watson | 32 | 1:125 | 0.31% | 18 |
| 13 | Whitehead | 32 | 1:125 | 0.71% | 81 |
| 13 | Pattison | 32 | 1:125 | 3.23% | 501 |
| 16 | Scott | 31 | 1:129 | 0.44% | 47 |
| 16 | Long | 31 | 1:129 | 1.89% | 309 |
| 16 | Jordison | 31 | 1:129 | 45.59% | 4,221 |
| 19 | Atkinson | 30 | 1:134 | 0.31% | 21 |
| 19 | Grainger | 30 | 1:134 | 4.26% | 690 |
| 21 | Smith | 26 | 1:154 | 0.06% | 1 |
| 21 | Dale | 26 | 1:154 | 1.18% | 212 |
| 21 | Appleton | 26 | 1:154 | 3.23% | 608 |
| 24 | Harrison | 25 | 1:160 | 0.18% | 10 |
| 24 | Ward | 25 | 1:160 | 0.23% | 15 |
| 24 | Spence | 25 | 1:160 | 1.23% | 235 |
| 24 | Fawcett | 25 | 1:160 | 0.84% | 132 |
| 28 | Bosomworth | 24 | 1:167 | 9.80% | 1,770 |
| 29 | Wood | 23 | 1:174 | 0.12% | 6 |
| 29 | Clayton | 23 | 1:174 | 0.55% | 91 |
| 29 | Horner | 23 | 1:174 | 0.92% | 176 |
| 29 | Foxton | 23 | 1:174 | 6.69% | 1,327 |
| 33 | Cooper | 22 | 1:182 | 0.30% | 42 |
| 33 | Eden | 22 | 1:182 | 6.34% | 1,317 |
| 35 | Robinson | 21 | 1:191 | 0.10% | 4 |
| 35 | Dixon | 21 | 1:191 | 0.35% | 56 |
| 37 | Walker | 20 | 1:200 | 0.10% | 5 |
| 37 | Hodgson | 20 | 1:200 | 0.26% | 37 |
| 39 | Lancaster | 19 | 1:211 | 1.37% | 358 |
| 39 | Buckle | 19 | 1:211 | 2.12% | 550 |
| 39 | Swales | 19 | 1:211 | 1.46% | 382 |
| 42 | Wilkinson | 18 | 1:223 | 0.14% | 13 |
| 42 | Hutchinson | 18 | 1:223 | 0.39% | 77 |
| 42 | Stott | 18 | 1:223 | 0.77% | 194 |
| 42 | Burn | 18 | 1:223 | 4.08% | 1,093 |
| 46 | Pearson | 17 | 1:236 | 0.21% | 29 |
| 47 | Nicholson | 16 | 1:250 | 0.34% | 71 |
| 47 | Pratt | 16 | 1:250 | 0.82% | 251 |
| 47 | Thornton | 16 | 1:250 | 0.31% | 65 |
| 47 | Sadler | 16 | 1:250 | 2.53% | 773 |
| 47 | Jefferson | 16 | 1:250 | 1.27% | 395 |
| 52 | Holmes | 15 | 1:267 | 0.16% | 25 |
| 52 | Dawson | 15 | 1:267 | 0.21% | 46 |
| 52 | Peacock | 15 | 1:267 | 0.65% | 198 |
| 52 | Gatenby | 15 | 1:267 | 3.44% | 1,098 |
| 52 | Cossins | 15 | 1:267 | 25.00% | 4,566 |
| 57 | Jackson | 14 | 1:286 | 0.09% | 8 |
| 57 | Baker | 14 | 1:286 | 0.47% | 139 |
| 57 | Stephenson | 14 | 1:286 | 0.25% | 58 |
| 57 | Meek | 14 | 1:286 | 4.28% | 1,400 |
| 57 | Palliser | 14 | 1:286 | 5.96% | 1,826 |
| 62 | Green | 13 | 1:308 | 0.14% | 26 |
| 62 | Martin | 13 | 1:308 | 0.44% | 136 |
| 62 | Burton | 13 | 1:308 | 0.39% | 120 |
| 62 | Myers | 13 | 1:308 | 0.38% | 114 |
| 62 | Dinsdale | 13 | 1:308 | 1.39% | 531 |
| 62 | Blackett | 13 | 1:308 | 9.15% | 2,648 |
| 62 | Manfield | 13 | 1:308 | 22.03% | 4,619 |
| 62 | Kidson | 13 | 1:308 | 11.71% | 3,100 |
| 62 | Butterwick | 13 | 1:308 | 10.57% | 2,923 |
| 62 | Cowton | 13 | 1:308 | 7.65% | 2,316 |
| 72 | Carter | 12 | 1:334 | 0.23% | 63 |
| 72 | Baxter | 12 | 1:334 | 0.47% | 168 |
| 72 | Nelson | 12 | 1:334 | 0.51% | 196 |
| 72 | Stockdale | 12 | 1:334 | 1.09% | 459 |
| 72 | Jaques | 12 | 1:334 | 1.82% | 742 |
| 72 | Trueman | 12 | 1:334 | 4.48% | 1,651 |
| 72 | Dowson | 12 | 1:334 | 2.19% | 891 |
| 72 | Allanson | 12 | 1:334 | 4.80% | 1,739 |
| 72 | Cartman | 12 | 1:334 | 11.65% | 3,257 |
| 72 | Paylor | 12 | 1:334 | 12.37% | 3,385 |
| 72 | Neesam | 12 | 1:334 | 18.46% | 4,339 |
| 72 | J'anson | 12 | 1:334 | 40.00% | 7,151 |
| 84 | Wilson | 11 | 1:364 | 0.05% | 3 |
| 84 | Anderson | 11 | 1:364 | 0.37% | 133 |
| 84 | Dobson | 11 | 1:364 | 0.28% | 95 |
| 84 | Hutton | 11 | 1:364 | 0.81% | 368 |
| 84 | Daniel | 11 | 1:364 | 1.27% | 564 |
| 84 | Raper | 11 | 1:364 | 1.35% | 601 |
| 84 | Sturdy | 11 | 1:364 | 2.15% | 956 |
| 84 | Lawn | 11 | 1:364 | 4.33% | 1,712 |
| 92 | Clark | 10 | 1:401 | 0.13% | 40 |
| 92 | Harris | 10 | 1:401 | 0.48% | 228 |
| 92 | Hudson | 10 | 1:401 | 0.14% | 44 |
| 92 | Walton | 10 | 1:401 | 0.23% | 85 |
| 92 | Kay | 10 | 1:401 | 0.39% | 172 |
| 92 | Crossley | 10 | 1:401 | 0.27% | 104 |
| 92 | Rutherford | 10 | 1:401 | 3.25% | 1,474 |
| 92 | Holdsworth | 10 | 1:401 | 0.26% | 99 |
| 92 | Curry | 10 | 1:401 | 3.18% | 1,448 |
| 92 | Braithwaite | 10 | 1:401 | 0.83% | 425 |
| 92 | Harker | 10 | 1:401 | 0.81% | 407 |
| 92 | Easby | 10 | 1:401 | 6.25% | 2,420 |
| 92 | Bendelow | 10 | 1:401 | 8.55% | 3,012 |
| 92 | Knoweson | 10 | 1:401 | 100.00% | 14,395 |
| 106 | Taylor | 9 | 1:445 | 0.04% | 2 |
| 106 | Clarke | 9 | 1:445 | 0.24% | 100 |
| 106 | Parker | 9 | 1:445 | 0.12% | 39 |
| 106 | Shaw | 9 | 1:445 | 0.07% | 11 |
| 106 | Simpson | 9 | 1:445 | 0.10% | 27 |
| 106 | Mason | 9 | 1:445 | 0.21% | 88 |
| 106 | Fox | 9 | 1:445 | 0.19% | 70 |
| 106 | Carr | 9 | 1:445 | 0.21% | 89 |
| 106 | Kemp | 9 | 1:445 | 0.74% | 417 |
| 106 | Dickson | 9 | 1:445 | 2.25% | 1,176 |
| 106 | Ryder | 9 | 1:445 | 1.36% | 738 |
| 106 | Sherwood | 9 | 1:445 | 1.35% | 734 |
| 106 | Lofthouse | 9 | 1:445 | 0.68% | 372 |
| 106 | Coltman | 9 | 1:445 | 19.15% | 5,342 |
| 106 | Matson | 9 | 1:445 | 3.56% | 1,718 |
| 106 | Hopps | 9 | 1:445 | 4.76% | 2,163 |
| 106 | Kendrew | 9 | 1:445 | 3.13% | 1,557 |
| 106 | Parvin | 9 | 1:445 | 10.47% | 3,650 |
| 106 | Foggitt | 9 | 1:445 | 14.06% | 4,379 |
| 125 | Stevenson | 8 | 1:501 | 0.59% | 365 |
| 125 | Robson | 8 | 1:501 | 0.35% | 199 |
| 125 | Moss | 8 | 1:501 | 0.43% | 275 |
| 125 | Blackburn | 8 | 1:501 | 0.18% | 83 |
| 125 | Hodges | 8 | 1:501 | 3.64% | 1,924 |
| 125 | Gamble | 8 | 1:501 | 1.13% | 688 |
| 125 | Wootton | 8 | 1:501 | 7.34% | 3,137 |
| 125 | Cowling | 8 | 1:501 | 0.88% | 543 |
| 125 | Close | 8 | 1:501 | 1.36% | 836 |
| 125 | Linton | 8 | 1:501 | 2.60% | 1,474 |
| 125 | Fountain | 8 | 1:501 | 2.57% | 1,464 |
| 125 | Barley | 8 | 1:501 | 2.64% | 1,496 |
| 125 | Pickersgill | 8 | 1:501 | 0.72% | 452 |
| 125 | Place | 8 | 1:501 | 2.06% | 1,203 |
| 125 | Pick | 8 | 1:501 | 2.67% | 1,506 |
| 125 | Dodsworth | 8 | 1:501 | 1.03% | 633 |
| 125 | Haw | 8 | 1:501 | 1.52% | 923 |
| 125 | Kettlewell | 8 | 1:501 | 1.28% | 782 |
| 125 | Headley | 8 | 1:501 | 4.00% | 2,074 |
| 125 | Bogg | 8 | 1:501 | 4.42% | 2,222 |
| 125 | Dresser | 8 | 1:501 | 4.17% | 2,144 |
| 125 | Winspear | 8 | 1:501 | 3.94% | 2,050 |
| 125 | Hesp | 8 | 1:501 | 3.65% | 1,935 |
| 125 | Darnbrough | 8 | 1:501 | 4.10% | 2,118 |
| 125 | Pawlett | 8 | 1:501 | 47.06% | 10,286 |
| 125 | Westwick | 8 | 1:501 | 21.62% | 6,259 |
| 125 | Reaveley | 8 | 1:501 | 72.73% | 13,541 |
| 152 | Hill | 7 | 1:572 | 0.09% | 41 |
| 152 | Cook | 7 | 1:572 | 0.16% | 86 |
| 152 | Fisher | 7 | 1:572 | 0.17% | 94 |
| 152 | Fraser | 7 | 1:572 | 2.90% | 1,788 |
| 152 | Reynolds | 7 | 1:572 | 0.44% | 321 |
| 152 | Shepherd | 7 | 1:572 | 0.25% | 149 |
| 152 | Lamb | 7 | 1:572 | 0.44% | 321 |
| 152 | Middleton | 7 | 1:572 | 0.28% | 169 |
| 152 | Heath | 7 | 1:572 | 1.09% | 760 |
| 152 | Woodward | 7 | 1:572 | 0.76% | 538 |
| 152 | Sanders | 7 | 1:572 | 1.41% | 984 |
| 152 | Abbott | 7 | 1:572 | 0.51% | 360 |
| 152 | Wild | 7 | 1:572 | 0.32% | 210 |
| 152 | Ingham | 7 | 1:572 | 0.24% | 143 |
| 152 | Lockwood | 7 | 1:572 | 0.18% | 96 |
| 152 | Metcalf | 7 | 1:572 | 0.35% | 246 |
| 152 | Ashby | 7 | 1:572 | 2.18% | 1,423 |
| 152 | Marr | 7 | 1:572 | 2.26% | 1,466 |
| 152 | Mullins | 7 | 1:572 | 2.32% | 1,500 |
| 152 | Garbutt | 7 | 1:572 | 0.56% | 393 |
| 152 | Danby | 7 | 1:572 | 1.63% | 1,113 |
| 152 | Gotts | 7 | 1:572 | 13.73% | 5,054 |
| 152 | Reynard | 7 | 1:572 | 1.99% | 1,305 |
| 152 | Goodrick | 7 | 1:572 | 4.40% | 2,432 |
| 152 | Swinburne | 7 | 1:572 | 22.58% | 6,995 |
| 152 | Bickers | 7 | 1:572 | 10.94% | 4,379 |
| 152 | Bumby | 7 | 1:572 | 5.47% | 2,848 |
| 152 | Tweddell | 7 | 1:572 | 18.92% | 6,259 |
| 152 | Stapylton | 7 | 1:572 | 22.58% | 6,995 |
| 152 | Oastler | 7 | 1:572 | 58.33% | 12,789 |
| 182 | Richardson | 6 | 1:668 | 0.07% | 30 |
| 182 | Saunders | 6 | 1:668 | 1.10% | 895 |
| 182 | Sutton | 6 | 1:668 | 0.63% | 517 |
| 182 | Little | 6 | 1:668 | 0.91% | 747 |
| 182 | Best | 6 | 1:668 | 0.47% | 388 |
| 182 | Bateman | 6 | 1:668 | 0.56% | 468 |
| 182 | Metcalfe | 6 | 1:668 | 0.16% | 97 |
| 182 | Milner | 6 | 1:668 | 0.16% | 107 |
| 182 | Seymour | 6 | 1:668 | 1.55% | 1,209 |
| 182 | Amos | 6 | 1:668 | 3.66% | 2,362 |
| 182 | Varley | 6 | 1:668 | 0.29% | 223 |
| 182 | Devine | 6 | 1:668 | 2.86% | 2,001 |
| 182 | Smithson | 6 | 1:668 | 0.45% | 371 |
| 182 | Willey | 6 | 1:668 | 0.99% | 810 |
| 182 | Lonsdale | 6 | 1:668 | 0.91% | 740 |
| 182 | Kitson | 6 | 1:668 | 0.48% | 393 |
| 182 | Whiteside | 6 | 1:668 | 7.23% | 3,737 |
| 182 | Bulmer | 6 | 1:668 | 0.50% | 421 |
| 182 | Snowdon | 6 | 1:668 | 1.38% | 1,102 |
| 182 | Corner | 6 | 1:668 | 1.67% | 1,283 |
| 182 | Ripley | 6 | 1:668 | 0.59% | 485 |
| 182 | Ayre | 6 | 1:668 | 2.01% | 1,510 |
| 182 | Dodgson | 6 | 1:668 | 1.00% | 822 |
| 182 | Boston | 6 | 1:668 | 3.92% | 2,499 |
| 182 | Towler | 6 | 1:668 | 1.54% | 1,200 |
| 182 | Woodhall | 6 | 1:668 | 3.19% | 2,169 |
| 182 | Gowland | 6 | 1:668 | 2.39% | 1,734 |
| 182 | Whitwell | 6 | 1:668 | 2.55% | 1,826 |
| 182 | Cattle | 6 | 1:668 | 3.02% | 2,084 |
| 182 | Wheldon | 6 | 1:668 | 4.14% | 2,603 |
| 182 | Hutley | 6 | 1:668 | 9.38% | 4,379 |
| 182 | Mosey | 6 | 1:668 | 4.32% | 2,694 |
| 182 | Firby | 6 | 1:668 | 4.72% | 2,862 |
| 182 | Relton | 6 | 1:668 | 8.11% | 3,999 |
| 182 | Welborn | 6 | 1:668 | 7.69% | 3,871 |
| 182 | Trenholme | 6 | 1:668 | 12.00% | 5,135 |