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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thicket like this:
THICKET, or Thickhed, a place in Weldrake parish, E. R. Yorkshire; 8 miles SE of York. A Benedictine nunnery was founded here, in the time of Richard I., by R. Fitz-Roger; and was given, at the dissolution, to the Askes.
Thicket is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thicket itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thicket, in North Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25980
Date accessed: 24th January 2026
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