Thornton en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈθɔː(ɹ)ntən/
Etymology
From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + tūn (“settlement”).
Meanings
- 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.
Deriveds
Childer Thornton · Thornton Heath · Thornton-le-Moors · Thornton-le-Dale · Thornton Curtis · Stainton and Thornton · Thornton Dale · Thornton-in-Craven