'''Thirsk''' is a market town in [[North Yorkshire]] in northern [[England]], with a fine market place and church and slight remains (in the form of earthworks) of a medieval castle. It has a racecourse, and is also famous as the model for the fictional town of Darrowby in the popular novels of [[James Herriot]], who worked as a vet in Thirsk.
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'''Thirsk''' is a market town in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]] in northern [[England]], with a fine market place and church and slight remains (in the form of earthworks) of a medieval castle. It has a racecourse, and is also famous as the model for the fictional town of Darrowby in the popular novels of [[James Herriot]], who worked as a vet in Thirsk.