Thornbury

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Thornberry

Etymology

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

Proper noun

Thornbury (countable and uncountable, plural Thornburys)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A place in England:
      1. A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4008).
      2. A village and civil parish (served by Thornbury Group Parish Council) in northern Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6259).
      3. A market town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6390).
      4. A suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1933).
   2. A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Darebin, Victoria, Australia.
   3. A township in Southland, New Zealand.
   4. A community and former town in the town of Blue Mountains, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
   5. A township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.
   6. A township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. These two townships adjoin each other, and were originally one township until 1798.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Thornbury is the 39773^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 552 individuals. Thornbury is most common among White (96.01%) individuals.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thornbury”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.