Thirkleby is a hamlet in the civil parish of
Kirby Grindalythe
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Kirby Grindalythe is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated about south-east of Malton. The village lies in the Great Wold Valley and the course of the winterbourne stream the G ...
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Ryedale
Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages and towns. It has been inha ...
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North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...
, England.
Roger of Thirkleby
Roger of Thirkleby (died 1260) was an English judge. The "Thirkleby" of his name was a hamlet in the parish of Kirby Grindalythe, Yorkshire. The first record of his work in the judicial system is in 1230, when he was appointed a clerk of the bench ...
(died 1260), a judge and
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, was named after this place.

Thirkleby Manor Farmhouse is a grade II
listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
, being an 18th-century red-brick two-storey building altered in the early and middle 19th century. The site of a medieval settlement is adjacent.
In 1870–72 the township of Thirkleby had a population of 50 people in 9 houses.
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Hamlets in North Yorkshire
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