Thornton.
A number of places in the United Kingdom:
Meaning & usage
A number of places in the United Kingdom: A small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7535).
A number of places in the United Kingdom: A large village in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England, part of the Thornton-Cleveleys conurbation (OS grid ref SD3442).
A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7545).
A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village in Bagworth and Thornton parish, Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4607).
A number of places in the United Kingdom: A small village in Roughton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2467).
A number of places in the United Kingdom: A suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD3300).
A number of places in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Shoreswood parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT9547).
A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village in Stainton and Thornton parish, Middlesbrough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4713).
A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1032).
A number of places in the United Kingdom: A hamlet near Glamis, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3946).
A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2997).
A number of places in the United Kingdom: A small village in Tiers Cross community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9007).
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Calhoun County, Arkansas.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California.
A number of places in the United States: A city (home rule municipality) in Adams County and Weld County, Colorado.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Madison County, Idaho.
A number of places in the United States: A township and village therein, in Cook County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and coal town in Letcher County, Kentucky.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Thornbury Township, Concord Township and Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
A number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood of Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Limestone County, Texas.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in the town of Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin.
A community in Essa township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
A settlement in Bay of Plenty region, New Zealand.
A place in Australia: A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
A place in Australia: A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland.
A place in Australia: A town in the Shire of Murrindindi, Victoria.
A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English from these places.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Where this word comes from
From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + tūn (“settlement”).
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