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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St John the Baptist and the Seven Maccabees is situated 1½ miles south of Thornbury.
Church of St Michael
Church
Photo: Peter Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Michael is situated 2½ miles east of Thornbury.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brandis Corner and Stibb Cross.
Brandis Corner
Hamlet
Photo: Scriniary, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Stibb Cross
Hamlet
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stibb Cross is a small village in north Devon, England. It is included in the civil parish of Langtree and is located about one mile from that village. Stibb Cross is situated 4½ miles north of Thornbury.
Holsworthy
Town
Photo: SequenceDancer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holsworthy is a market town and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England, 36 miles west of Exeter. The River Deer, a tributary of the River Tamar, forms the western boundary of the parish, which includes the village of Brandis Corner. Holsworthy is situated 4½ miles southwest 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″ northLongitude
-4.27313° or 4° 16′ 23″ westPopulation
269Elevation
394 feet (120 metres)Open location code
9C2QVP3G+7POpenStreetMap ID
node 11012449468OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2636003Wikidata ID
Q2541856
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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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thornbury”. Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.