Thornton

Meanings

1. A number of places in the United Kingdom:
2. A small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7535).
3. A large village in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England, part of the Thornton-Cleveleys conurbation (OS grid ref SD3442).
4. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7545).
5. A village in Bagworth and Thornton parish, Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4607).
6. A small village in Roughton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2467).
7. A suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD3300).
8. A hamlet in Shoreswood parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT9547).
9. A village in Stainton and Thornton parish, Middlesbrough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4713).
10. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1032).
11. A hamlet near Glamis, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3946).
12. A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2997).

Etymology

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