| Country: | England |
| Static Image Name: | Village Street, Thirlby.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Village street in Thirlby |
| Coordinates: | 54.2491°N -1.2557°W |
| Official Name: | Thirlby |
| Population: | 134 |
| Population Ref: | (2011 census) |
| Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
| Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituency Westminster: | Thirsk and Malton |
| Post Town: | THIRSK |
| Postcode District: | YO7 |
| Postcode Area: | YO |
| Os Grid Reference: | SE485839 |
Thirlby is a village and civil parish in former Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. With a population of about 120 in 2003, measured at 134 at the 2011 Census, Thirlby is situated approximately 4miles east of Thirsk.
The village lies within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. It is also within the Thirsk electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council and the Whitestonecliffe ward of Hambleton District Council.[1]
According to the 2001 UK Census, the village had a population of 127, of which 103 were over the age of sixteen. Of these, 68 were in employment. The village had 54 dwellings of which 43 were detached.[2]
The nearest settlements are Felixkirk to the north west; Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe to the south south west; Cold Kirby to the east and Boltby to the north. Thirlby Beck runs through the east of the village and is part of the tributary system of the River Swale.[1]
Veterinarian and author James Alfred Wight, known popularly as James Herriot, lived in Thirlby, fictionally named as High Field House in Hannerly in his books If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet.[3] [4] [5]