The small market town of THIRSK , 23 miles north of York, made the most of its strategic crossroads position on the ancient drove road between Scotland and York and on the historic east-west route from dales to coast. Its medieval prosperity is clear from the large, cobbled Market Place (market days are Monday and Saturday), now overrun by traffic, while later well-to-do citizens endowed the town with a bevy of commendable Georgian houses and halls. However, ... [More]