Thornbury

Thornbury is one of the most interesting market towns in South Gloucestershire, known for historic tales of treason, murders and for its modern day array of independent shops.
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  • Type: Town with 11,700 residents
  • Description: market town in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England
  • Also known as: “Fornbree”, “Thornbury (distrikt i Storbritannien, England, South Gloucestershire)”, “Thornbury, Gloucestershire”, and “ソーンベリー”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thornbury Castle and St Paul’s.

Hotel
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is a Tudor castle in the town of Thornbury, in Gloucestershire, England, erected next to the parish church of St Mary. Construction was begun in 1511 as a further residence for Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, of in Staffordshire.

Church
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is a church.

School
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is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Thornbury, , England, which serves the town and the surrounding villages.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Duckhole and Tytherington.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in in the west of England. Historically it was located in the hundred of Lower Thornbury in the county of and the name dates back at least as far as 1658, when it appeared in a parliamentary survey.

Village
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is a village in , England, 2 miles south east of Thornbury. The population at the 2011 census was 666. To the west of the village is Quarry, a 57 hectares limestone quarry incorporating two active workings, operated by Hanson plc, and a disused working now designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Thornbury.

Village
is a hamlet in , England, located east of Thornbury. The hamlet has a garden centre and a few other farm shops. The heath is a local high point and offers views west across the Severn Vale, and north into the .

Thornbury

Latitude
51.6078° or 51° 36′ 28″ north
Longitude
-2.5255° or 2° 31′ 32″ west
Population
11,700
Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB TBB
Open location code
9C3VJF5F+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 18668591
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2636002
Wiki­data ID
Q1234779
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Thornbury” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Thornbury”
  • Basque: “Thornbury (Gloucestershire)”
  • Basque: “Thornbury”
  • Bengali: “থর্নবুরি”
  • Bulgarian: “Торнбъри”
  • Cebuano: “Thornbury”
  • Chinese: “图恩布利”
  • Chinese: “圖恩布利”
  • Chinese: “索恩伯里”
  • Dutch: “Thornbury”
  • French: “Thornbury”
  • Galician: “Thornbury”
  • German: “Thornbury”
  • Gujarati: “થોર્નબરી”
  • Irish: “Thornbury, Gloucestershire”
  • Irish: “Thornbury”
  • Italian: “Thornbury”
  • Japanese: “ソーンブリー”
  • Kannada: “ಥಾರ್ನ್ಬರಿ”
  • Korean: “트론버리”
  • Ladin: “Thornbury”
  • Latin: “Thornbury”
  • Lithuanian: “Tornburis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thornbury i South Gloucestershire”
  • Persian: “تورنبوری، گلاسترشر”
  • Persian: “تورنبوری”
  • Polish: “Thornbury”
  • Portuguese: “Thornbury”
  • Romanian: “Thornbury, South Gloucestershire”
  • Russian: “Торнбери”
  • Russian: “Торнбъри”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تورنبوری، قلاسترشر”
  • Spanish: “Thornbury”
  • Swedish: “Thornbury”
  • Tamil: “தொரன்புரி”
  • Telugu: “త్రోన్బరి”
  • Turkish: “Thornbury, Gloucestershire”
  • Urdu: “تھورنبری، ساؤتھ گلوسٹرشائر”
  • Urdu: “تھورنبوری”
  • Volapük: “Thornbury”
  • Welsh: “Thornbury, De Swydd Gaerloyw”
  • Welsh: “Thornbury”
  • “Thornbury”

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