Thirsk

Country : United Kingdom England County : North Yorkshire Incorporated into: 1974 Hambleton Status: until 1966 Rural District Council since ? Town council Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":54.2323999999999983856469043530523777008056640625,"lon":-1.34339999999999992752464095246978104114532470703125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

Thirst RDC never used arms. The arms displayed here are of the Town Council. These have, as far as I know, not officially been granted.

The arms are from the Mowbray family, who held the manor from Norman times until 1476. They built a castle here and chartered the Borough and its market.

The JaJa cards below showed rather different arms for the town.

Arms for Thirsk as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905

The arms are now used by the town council.

Literature : http://www.thirsk-tc.gov.uk/

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