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Also known as Thirn, North Yorkshire

Thirn is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated close to the River Ure, about south-west of Bedale.

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England
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United Kingdom
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Population
146
Area
901.90
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Thirn (geograph 4637349).jpg
Dialing code
01677
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postal code
HG4
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SE217859
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Thirn is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated close to the River Ure, about south-west of Bedale.

The hamlet of Thirn is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and the name derives from the Old English þyrne, meaning thorn-bush. Historically the hamlet was in the ecclesiastical parish of Thornton Watlass, in the wapentake of Hang East.

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