Thornbury

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English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Thornbury

Alternative forms

(surname): Thornberry

Etymology

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

Proper noun

Thornbury (countable and uncountable, plural Thornburys)

(uncountable) A placename:
1. A place in England:
  1. A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4008). ^[1]
  2. A village and civil parish (served by Thornbury Group Parish Council) in northern Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6259). ^[2]
  3. A market town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6390). ^[3]
  4. A suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1933).
2. A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Darebin, Victoria, Australia.
3. A township in Southland, New Zealand. ^[4]
4. A community and former town in the town of Blue Mountains, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
5. A township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.
6. A township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. These two townships adjoin each other, and were originally one township until 1798.
(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Thornbury is the 39773^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 552 individuals. Thornbury is most common among White (96.01%) individuals.

References

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thornbury”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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