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Tliornc St Margaret, par., Somerset, 2½ miles W.
of Wellington, 805 ac., pop. 118.

Thorner, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta.
(Thorner and Scarcroft), E. div. West-Riding York-
shire, 6 miles NE. of Leeds—par., 4888 ac., pop. 2329;
township, 2316 ac., pop. 938; P.O.

Thornes.—hamlet, Horton in Ribblesdale par., N.
div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 5¼ miles N. of Settle.—2.
Thornes, eccl. dist., Wakefield par., S. div. AYest-
Riding Yorkshire, pop. 1700; Thornes House is in
SAY. vicinity of Wakefield. See Alverthorpe with
Thornes.

Thorness Bay, Isle of Wight, 3 miles SW. of West
Cowes.

Thorney.—par. and ry. sta., Cambridgeshire, 7 miles
NE. of Peterborough, 17,590 ac., pop. 2055; P.O., T.O.
Thorney was the seat of a monastery founded in 662;
the church includes portions of the ancient abbey church,
rebuilt in 1128, and made parochialin 1638.—2. Thorney,
par. and township, Notts, 2½ miles SW. of Saxilby sta.
and 8 miles E. of Tuxford—par., 4140 ac., pop. 348;
township, pop. 162.—3. Thorney, hamlet, Muchelney
and Kingsbury-Episcopi pars., Somerset, 2 miles SE. of
Langport.

Thorney, West, par., Sussex, in Chichester harbour,
6½ miles SW. of Chichester, 1238 ac. and 1913 tidal
water and foreshore, pop. 131.

Thorney Lane, hamlet, Hanburypar., Staffordshire,
3 miles NE. of Abbots Bromley.

Thorney Mills, paperworks, nr. West Drayton, Bucks.

Thorney Wood Chase, the southern division of Sher-
wood Porest, Notts; is now almost entirely enclosed
and cultivated.

Thorneybnrn, par. and township with ry. sta.,
Northumberland, 4½ miles NW. of Bellingham—par.,

21,001 ac., pop. 209; township, 2892 ac., pop. 120.

Thornfield, seat, in co. and 6 miles E. of Limerick.

Thornford, par., Dorset, 3 miles SW. of Sherborne,
1407 ac., pop. 413; P.O.

Thorngate, hundred, Hants, 39,556 ac., pop. 5523.

Thorngate Hill, hamlet, Romald Kirk par., North-
Riding Yorkshire, 5½ miles NAY. of Barnard Castle.

Thorngrafton, township, Haltwhistle par., North-
umberland, on the Roman wall, 4 miles NE. of Halt-
whistle, 3177 ac., pop. 293.

Thorngumbald, township, Pauli par., East-Riding
Yorkshire, 2 m. SE. of Hedon, 1657 ac., pop. 267; P.O.

Thornhain.—par. and vil., Kent, 3¼ miles E. of
Maidstone, 3363 ac., pop. 648; Thornhain Court is
the seat of the Hampson family; on the brow of the
hill stand the ruins of Thornham (or Godards) Tower,
supposed to occupy the site of an ancient Roman
watch-tower.—2. Thornhain, township, Middleton
par., SE. Lancashire, 3½ miles S. of Rochdale, 1936
ac., pop. 1860; contains parts of local government dists.
of Castleton by Rochdale and Middleton and Tonge.—

3. Thornham, coast par. and vil., Norfolk, 4 miles E.
of Hunstanton, 2934 ac. (780 water), pop. 653; P.O.;
near vil. is Thornham Hall, seat.

Thornham Magna, par., Suffolk, 3 miles SW. of
Eye, 1324 ac., pop. 285; P.O.; Thornham Hall is the
seat of Lord Henniker.

Thornham Parva, par., Suffolk, adjacent to Thorn-
ham Magna, 676 ac., pop. 134.

Tliornhangh, par., Northamptonshire, 1 mile NW.
of AVansford and 5 miles SE. of Stamford, 1706 ac.,
pop. 245.

Thornhill.—township and vil., Hope par., Derby-
shire, 3 miles E. of Castleton, 610 ac., pop. 118.—2.
Thornhill, seat, in par. and 2 miles S. of Stalbridge,
Dorset; was built by Sir James Thornhill(1676-1734),
the artist; Thornhill Spire, on a neighbouring emi-
nence, commemorates his patron, George I., and was
erected in 1727.—3. Thornhill, town, par., and town-
ship with ry. sta., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire—
par., 8120 ac., pop. 13,016; township (partly in pari,
bor. of Dewsbury), 2564 ac., pop. 7857; town (comprising
Thornhill and Lower Whitley townships), 3602 ac., pop.
8843; P.O. ; is a local government district; the sta. is
1½ mile SAY. of Dewsbury.

Thornhill.—vil., with ry. sta., Morton par., Dum-
friesshire, on river Nith, 14 miles NW. of Dumfries,
pop. 1289; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; is situated 1 mile SAY.


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