Thornton

//ˈθɔː(ɹ)ntən// name

name ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    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).
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  1. 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).
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet in Shoreswood parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT9547).
  3. 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).
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1032).
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet near Glamis, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3946).
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2997).
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A small village in Tiers Cross community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9007).
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Calhoun County, Arkansas.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A city (home rule municipality) in Adams County and Weld County, Colorado.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Madison County, Idaho.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; A township and village therein, in Cook County, Illinois.
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and coal town in Letcher County, Kentucky.
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi.
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
  17. 22
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
  18. 23
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Thornbury Township, Concord Township and Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
  19. 24
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island.
  20. 25
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Limestone County, Texas.
  21. 26
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in the town of Richmond, Shawano County, Wisconsin.
  22. 27
    A community in Essa township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
  23. 28
    A settlement in Bay of Plenty region, New Zealand.
  24. 29
    A place in Australia:; A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  25. 30
    A place in Australia:; A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland.
  26. 31
    A place in Australia:; A town in the Shire of Murrindindi, Victoria.
  27. 32
    A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
  28. 33
    An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English from these places.
  29. 34
    A male given name transferred from the surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
william thornton

Etymology

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

Related phrases

Childer ThorntonStainton and ThorntonThornton CurtisThornton DaleThornton HeathThornton-in-CravenThornton-le-DaleThornton-le-Moors

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