Thorney

Thorney

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, Cambridgeshire
*Thorney, Buckinghamshire
*Thorney, Nottinghamshire
*Thorney, Somerset
*Thorney Hill, Dorset
*Thorney Island, one in Westminster and another in Sussex
*Thorney Toll, Cambridgeshire


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  • 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

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