- Thorney
- Original name in latin ThorneyName in other languageState code GBContinent/City Europe/Londonlongitude 52.62147latitude -0.10815altitude 6Population 0Date 2011-07-31
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Thorney
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Thorney — is the name of more than one place. It is also used as a common nickname for people with the surname Thorne.It often means Thorn eyot , or Isle of Thorns; the isle might be in a fen or river, or the sea.In the United Kingdom:*Thorney,… … Wikipedia
Thorney Abbey — was located on the island of Thorney in The Fens of Cambridgeshire, England. History The earliest documentary sources refer to a mid 7th century hermitage that was destroyed by a Viking incursion in the late 9th century. A Benedictine monastery… … Wikipedia
Thorney Island (London) — Thorney Island was the eyot on the Thames, upstream of mediæval London, where Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster (commonly known today as the Houses of Parliament) were built. It was formed by rivulets of the River Tyburn, which… … Wikipedia
Thorney Abbey — • For some three centuries the seat of Saxon hermits, or of anchorites living in community, before it was refounded in 972 for Benedictine monks by Ethelwold, Bishop of Winchester, with the aid of King Edgar Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… … Catholic encyclopedia
Thorney Island — can be used to refer to either of two places in England:*Thorney Island (West Sussex) or *Thorney Island (London).The famous story of King Canute commanding the tide to turn back is claimed by both Thorney Islands … Wikipedia
Thorney Rural District — Thorney was a rural district in England from 1894 to 1974, situated to the east of Peterborough.It was created under the Local Government Act 1894, covering the parishes of Thorney and Stanground. It was considered part of the administrative… … Wikipedia
Thorney railway station — was a station in Thorney, Cambridgeshire on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line between Peterborough and Wisbech. It later came under the control of British Rail and was closed as part of the Beeching Axe, which saw British railway… … Wikipedia
Thorney, Buckinghamshire — Thorney is a hamlet in the parish of Iver, in Buckinghamshire, England … Wikipedia
Thorney Wood railway station — was a former station on the former Great Northern Railway Nottingham Suburban railway in Nottingham. [British Railways Pre Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer.] Former Services References … Wikipedia
Thorney, Cambridgeshire — Infobox UK place official name= Thorney country= England region= East of England os grid reference= TF342039 latitude= 52.62 longitude= 0.02 post town= postcode area= postcode district= dial code= shire county= Cambridgeshire population= hide… … Wikipedia
