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Thornbury

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

proper noun Thornburys · Thornberry

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

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"Thornbury." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thornbury. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Thornbury. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/thornbury

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"Thornbury." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thornbury.

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@misc{thornbury_2026,
  title = {Thornbury},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thornbury},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}