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The Vale of Mowbray: A Historical and Topographical Account of Thirsk and its Neighbourhood
The Vale of Mowbray A Historical and Topographical Account of Thirsk and its Neighbourhood Author:William Grainge General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1859 Original Publisher: Simpkin, Marshall, and co. Subjects: Natural history Thirsk (England) Yorkshire (England) Mowbray, Vale of (England) Thirsk, England Mowbray, Vale of History / General Literary Collections / General Nature / General Notes: This is... more » a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THIRSK. THIRSK. Thirsk is a parliamentary borough and market town, in the wapontake of Birdforth, and North Riding of the county of York, two hundred and twenty miles north of London, one hundred and seventy-nine south of Edinburgh, twenty-three from York, eleven from Boroughbridge and Ripon, and nine from Northallerton. Though probably of British origin, we know nothing of this place before the Norman Conquest. Before that period all is conjecture and uncertainty. The name, anciently written Tresche, is probably derived from the British words " Tre," a town, and " Esch," water -- the town by the water, which applies to its situation on both sides of the river Codbeck. The name is unique in Britain, and has been differently written Tresche, Tresch, Treske, Trescke, Thresk, Thrusk, Thryske, Thrysk, Thirske, and lastly Thirsk. '' Tre " is a very common affix to the names of Welsh and Cornish towns. Of personal appellations derived from this town, we give the following examples. Nigel de Mowbray granted to the Hospital of St. Leonard's, thirty-two acres of meadow in Cave, together with Swain, son of Dune de Tresch, with his toft and croft, and two oxgangs of land. From March, 1331, to 13th September, 1369, John de Thresk was prior of Newburgh. In 1442, John Thrusk or Thirsk, was lord mayor of York, and again in 146-'. He was mayor of the Staple at Calais, a...« less