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:
See also
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, CambridgeshireThorney, CambridgeshireThorney is a village about 8 miles east of Peterborough in the City of Peterborough unitary authority, England, on the A47. Historically it was part of the Isle of Ely, which was considered part of Cambridgeshire but was transferred into the former county of Huntingdon and Peterborough and...
- Thorney, BuckinghamshireThorney, BuckinghamshireThorney is a hamlet in the parish of Iver, in Buckinghamshire, England....
- Thorney, Nottinghamshire
- Thorney, Somerset
- Thorney Hill, Hampshire
- Thorney Island (London)Thorney Island (London)Thorney Island was the eyot on the Thames, upstream of mediæval London, where Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster were built...
- Thorney Island (West Sussex)Thorney Island (West Sussex)Thorney Island is an island that juts into Chichester Harbour in West Sussex. It is separated from the mainland by a narrow channel called the Great Deep. The village of West Thorney lies on the east coast of the island and has been incorporated into the military base...
- Thorney TollThorney TollThorney Toll is a village in Cambridgeshire, England....
, CambridgeshireCambridgeshireCambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
See also
- ST Thorney, a tugboat