Thornbury
Thornbury is a small village and civil parish in the local government district of Torridge, Devon, England. The parish, which lies about five miles north-east of the town of Holsworthy, comprises the five hamlets of Thornbury, Woodacott, Brendon, Lashbrook and South Wonford.- Type: Village with 269 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Torridge, Devon, England
- Also known as: “Thornbury, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of All Saints and Church of St John the Baptist and the Seven Maccabees.
Church of St John the Baptist and the Seven Maccabees
Church
Church of St John the Baptist and the Seven Maccabees is situated 1½ miles south of Thornbury.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodacott and Brandis Corner.
Woodacott
Hamlet
Woodacott is a small village in Devon, England. The nearest shops are in Holsworthy, about four miles to the south-west of Woodacott. The village is less than a ¼ mile to the west of Woodacott Cross, and they are normally regarded as the same village.
Brandis Corner
Hamlet
Brandis Corner is a hamlet on the A3072 within the civil parish of Holsworthy in Devon, England. In the Cornish dialect, a brandis is a three-legged stool made of iron, or a three-cornered rest used for a kettle. Brandis Corner is situated 3 miles south of Thornbury.
Battledown Cross
Locality
Battledown Cross is a hamlet in Devon, England. Battledown Cross is situated 3 miles east of Thornbury.
Thornbury
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Thornbury, Torridge District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.85322° or 50° 51′ 12″ north
Longitude
-4.27313° or 4° 16′ 23″ west
Population
269
Elevation
394 feet (120 metres)
Open location code
9C2QVP3G+7P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Thornbury” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Thornbury (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Thornbury”
- Chinese: “Thornbury”
- Dutch: “Thornbury”
- French: “Thornbury (Devon)”
- French: “Thornbury”
- Irish: “Thornbury”
- Ladin: “Thornbury (Devon)”
- Ladin: “Thornbury”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Thornbury (Devon)”
- Polish: “Thornbury”
- Swedish: “Thornbury (parish)”
- Swedish: “Thornbury, Devon”
- Turkish: “Thornbury, Devon”
- Welsh: “Thornbury, Dyfnaint”
- Welsh: “Thornbury”
- “Thornbury”
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