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Thornbury Sailing Club
Thornbury may refer to: Places ;Australia *Thornbury, Victoria * Thornbury railway station, Melbourne ;Canada * Thornbury, Ontario ;England *Thornbury, Devon * Thornbury, Herefordshire *Thornbury, Gloucestershire **Thornbury Castle **Thornbury (UK Parliament constituency), active 1885–1950 **Stroud and Thornbury (UK Parliament constituency), active 1950–1955 **Thornbury and Yate (UK Parliament constituency), created 2010 *Thornbury, West Yorkshire *Thornbury Hospital, Sheffield, South Yorkshire ;New Zealand *Thornbury, New Zealand ;United States of America *Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania *Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania People *Gregory Alan Thornbury (born 1970), American academic and administrator *George Walter Thornbury (1828–1876), English author *Scott Thornbury (born 1950), New Zealand academic * Tom Thornbury (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey player See also * Thornberry (other) * Thornborough (other) *Thornaby-on-Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornbury, Victoria
Thornbury () is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Darebin local government area. Thornbury recorded a population of 19,005 at the . Thornbury is bordered by the Merri Creek to the west, and the Darebin Creek to the east. The heart of Thornbury is known as Thornbury Village, and is located at the centre of Thornbury, at the intersection of High Street and Normanby Avenue/Clarendon Street. Thornbury is shaped as a thin strip of land sandwiched between Northcote and Preston. Its east–west distance is four times its north–south distance. For 111 years, Thornbury was part of the former City of Northcote local government area, which existed from 1883 until June 1994. As such, Thornbury is universally understood to be a demographic and commercial satellite of Northcote, along with Westgarth, although the latter does not have its own postcode. History The area's name is derive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Thornbury Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,028 at the 2010 census, up from 7,093 at the 2000 census. It is adjacent to, and was once joined with, Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It contains part of the census designated place of Cheyney University. Geography Thornbury Township is in western Delaware County. It is bordered by Thornbury Township, Chester County to the north and northwest, Edgmont Township to the east, Middletown Township to the southeast, Concord Township and Chester Heights to the south and Chadds Ford Township to the southwest. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.34%, is water. Waterways in Thornbury Township include Brinton Lake and Chester Creek. Demographics As of Census 2010, the racial makeup of the township was 72.4% White, 20.6% African American, 0.2% Native American, 4.1% Asian, 1.1% from othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornburg, Pennsylvania
Thornburg is a borough in Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The population was 455 at the 2010 census. Geography Thornburg is located at (40.433568, -80.083165). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all of it land. Education Thornburg is served by the Montour School District. Government and politics Demographics At the 2000 census there were 468 people, 177 households, and 138 families living in the borough. The population density was 1,060.8 people per square mile (410.7/km2). There were 182 housing units at an average density of 412.5 per square mile (159.7/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 96.79% White, 0.85% Asian, 0.21% from other races, and 2.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.50%. There were 177 households, 33.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.5% were married couples living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornaby-on-Tees
Thornaby-on-Tees, commonly referred to as Thornaby, is a town and civil parish on the River Tees's southern bank. It is in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. The parish had a population of 24,741 at the 2011 census, in the Teesside built-up area. The town had a royal charter enacted to form a municipal borough in 1892, during the Victorian era, before merging into the County Borough of Teesside in 1968. A borough no longer defines a specific settlement's status as a town in England since the Local Government Act 1972 reforms. The modern centre was built on the north eastern part of Thornaby airfield and lies south-west of Stockton-on-Tees and south-west of Middlesbrough. History Prehistoric There are other signs of Thornaby being a much older settlement. Traces of prehistoric man have been found, the earliest being a stone axe, 8 inches long, dating back to the Mesolithic Period (about 3000 BC). In 1926, a dugout canoe said to date from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornborough (other) , North Yorkshire, England
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Thornborough may refer to: Places *Thornborough, Buckinghamshire, England * Thornborough, North Yorkshire, England **Thornborough Henges *Thornborough, Queensland, Australia Ships *, a frigate in Royal Navy service 1943–1945 See also *Thornbrough Thornbrough is a civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 20 in 2014. In the 2011 census the population of the parish was included with Upsall, Felixkirk and North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornberry (other)
Thornberry may refer to: ;People * Robert Desmond Thornberry (1907–1969), Canadian politician * Homer Thornberry (1909–1995), Texas politician (10th congressional district) and judge * David Thornberry (1911–1995), bishop of Wyoming, United States * Cedric Thornberry (1936–2014), Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations * Mac Thornberry (born 1958), Texas politician (13th congressional district) * Emily Thornberry Emily Anne Thornberry (born 27 July 1960) is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington South and Finsbury since 2005. A member of the Labour Party, she has served as Shadow Attorney General for England and Wale ... (born 1960), British politician * Michael Thornberry (born 1972), American handball player * Nancy Thornberry, American chemist * Jason Thornberry, American musician * Terence Thornberry, American criminologist ;Other * Thornberry, Texas, an unincorporated community * Thornberry Animal Sanctuary, Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Thornbury
Thomas Thornbury (born March 17, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 14 games in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Thornbury was born in Lindsay, Ontario Lindsay is a community of 22 367 people (2021 Canadian Census, 2021 census) on the Scugog River in the Kawartha Lakes (Ontario), Kawartha Lakes region of south-eastern Ontario, Canada. It is approximately west of Peterborough, Ontario, Peterboro .... Career statistics External links * 1963 births Living people Canadian ice hockey defencemen Sportspeople from Kawartha Lakes Baltimore Skipjacks players Cornwall Royals (OHL) players Frankfurt Lions players Fredericton Express players Grizzlys Wolfsburg players Kölner Haie players Moncton Golden Flames players Muskegon Lumberjacks players Niagara Falls Flyers players North Bay Centennials players Oklahoma City Blazers (1992–2009) players Pittsburgh Penguins players {{canada-icehockey-defenceman- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Thornbury
Scott Thornbury (born 1950 in New Zealand) is an internationally recognized academic and teacher trainer in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT). Along with Luke Meddings, Thornbury is credited with developing the Dogme language teaching approach, which emphasizes meaningful interaction and emergent language over prepared materials and following an explicit syllabus. Thornbury has written over a dozen books on ELT methodology. Two of these, 'Natural Grammar' and 'Teaching Unplugged', have won the British Council's "ELTon" Award for Innovation, the top award in the industry (in 2004 and 2010, respectively). Thornbury is also the series editor for the ''Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers'', and the author of many academic papers on language teaching. His 'A-Z of ELT' blog is one of the most influential and well-visited blogs in the field of ELT. His approximately 15 textbooks for beginning and intermediate learners have been published by major academic presses, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Walter Thornbury
George Walter Thornbury (13 November 1828 – 11 June 1876) was an English author. He was the first biographer of J. M. W. Turner. Early life George Thornbury was born on 13 November 1828, the son of a London solicitor, reared by his aunt and educated by her husband, Reverend Barton Bouchier. Career A journalist by profession, he also wrote verse, novels, art criticism and popular historical and topographical sketches. He began his career in 1845 with contributions to ''Bristol Journal'' and wrote later mainly for the ''Athenaeum''. His first major work was ''Lays and legends of the New World'' (1851). It followed a history of the Buccaneers, ''Monarchs of the Main'', (1855), ''Shakspeare's England during the reign of Elizabeth'' (1856, 2 Vols.) and ''Art and nature at home and abroad'' (1856, 2 Vols.). His ''Old and New London: a Narrative of its History, its People, and its Places'' was first published in 2 volumes in 1872, and in an undated edition of 1878 in 6 volumes, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Alan Thornbury
Gregory Alan Thornbury serves as Vice President of Development at the New York Academy of Art in New York City. He is former President of The King's College in New York City and is no longer a member of the college's executive leadership. In November 2017, the College announced it was restructuring its leadership and appointing Tim Gibson as acting president The restructuring came in the middle of the academic year and before Thornbury had completed his fourth academic year. Before King's, he was previously Professor of Philosophy, Dean of the School of Theology & Missions, and Vice President for Spiritual Life at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. Early life and education Thornbury grew up in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. His father, John Forrest Thornbury, was Pastor of the Winfield Baptist Church outside of Lewisburg. Greg Thornbury attended Messiah College for his undergraduate studies. He graduated from Messiah College in 1993, with a B.A. in communications. At Messiah Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Thornbury Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,017 at the 2010 census. It is adjacent to, and was once joined with, Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. History Thornbury Township was organized in 1687 with the appointment of Hugh Durborrow as constable and received its name from Thornbury, in Gloucestershire, England. At the time, no more than five or six families lived within the limits of the township. George Peirce, one of the earliest and most influential inhabitants of the township, was married to a native of Thornbury, England, and the township was purportedly named to compliment her. Thornbury, Birmingham and Westtown townships are the only townships within the present limits of Chester County which were organized before 1704. The township was divided when Delaware County was separated from Chester County in 1798. As a result, there is a Thornbury Township in each county. Landowners were allowed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornbury, New Zealand
Thornbury is a small township on the east bank of the lower Aparima River, in western Southland, New Zealand. It is approximately 10 km northeast of Riverton, and 31 km northwest of Invercargill. It is mainly a farming service community. Local small industries include machinery and transport/trucking companies, and a tannery. The township was founded by pioneer settlers Matthew Instone and Robert Foster. It was named by Robert Foster after his wife's birthplace, the market town of Thornbury, in Gloucestershire, England. Originally Thornbury had grown around a railway junction. The railway line from Invercargill split at Thornbury, with one branch going around the coast to Riverton and Tuatapere/Orawia, and the Wairio Branch going inland to the coal mines at Nightcaps. In 1978 the Tuatapere Branch The Tuatapere Branch, including the Orawia Branch, was a branch line railway in Southland, New Zealand. Although the Tuatapere and Orawia Branches look like a single line, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
