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Thornton

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈθɔː(ɹ)ntən//

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).

proper noun

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    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).

  2. 2

    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).

  3. 3

    A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7545).

  4. 4

    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).

  5. 5

    A number of places in the United Kingdom: A small village in Roughton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2467).

  6. 6

    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).

  7. 7

    A number of places in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Shoreswood parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT9547).

  8. 8

    A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village in Stainton and Thornton parish, Middlesbrough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4713).

  9. 9

    A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1032).

  10. 10

    A number of places in the United Kingdom: A hamlet near Glamis, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3946).

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    A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2997).

  12. 12

    A number of places in the United Kingdom: A small village in Tiers Cross community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9007).

  13. 13

    A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Calhoun County, Arkansas.

  14. 14

    A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California.

  15. 15

    A number of places in the United States: A city (home rule municipality) in Adams County and Weld County, Colorado.

  16. 16

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Madison County, Idaho.

  17. 17

    A number of places in the United States: A township and village therein, in Cook County, Illinois.

  18. 18

    A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.

  19. 19

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and coal town in Letcher County, Kentucky.

  20. 20

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi.

  21. 21

    A number of places in the United States: A township in Buffalo County, Nebraska.

  22. 22

    A number of places in the United States: A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

  23. 23

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Thornbury Township, Concord Township and Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

  24. 24

    A number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood of Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island.

  25. 25

    A number of places in the United States: A town in Limestone County, Texas.

  26. 26

    A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in the town of Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin.

  27. 27

    A community in Essa township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

  28. 28

    A settlement in Bay of Plenty region, New Zealand.

  29. 29

    A place in Australia: A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.

  30. 30

    A place in Australia: A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland.

  31. 31

    A place in Australia: A town in the Shire of Murrindindi, Victoria.

  32. 32

    A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

  33. 33

    An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English from these places.

  34. 34

    A male given name transferred from the surname.

Etymology

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + tūn (“settlement”).

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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