Thirsk is a small market town and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is 8 miles south-south east of the county town of Northallerton.
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The United Kingdom, made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, is an island nation in northwestern Europe. England ? birthplace of Shakespeare and The Beatles ? is home to the capital, London, a globally influential centre of finance and culture. England is also site of Neolithic Stonehenge, Bath?s Roman spa and centuries-old universities at Oxford and Cambridge.

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