Thornton Explained

Thornton may refer to:

People

• Thornton (surname), people with the surname Thornton
• Justice Thornton (disambiguation), judges named "Thornton"
• Thornton Wilder, American playwright

Places

Australia

• Thornton, New South Wales
• Thornton, Queensland, a locality in the Lockyer Valley Region
• Thornton, South Australia, a former town
• Thornton, Victoria

Canada

• Thornton, Ontario

New Zealand

• Thornton, Bay of Plenty, settlement in the Bay of Plenty
• Thornton, Waikato, suburb of Hamilton
• Thornton Bay, settlement on the Coromandel Peninsula

South Africa

• Thornton, Cape Town

United Kingdom

• Thornton, Angus, a location
• Thornton, Buckinghamshire
• Thornton, East Riding of Yorkshire
• Thornton, Fife
• Thornton, Lancashire
• Thornton, Leicestershire
• Thornton, Lincolnshire
• Thornton, Merseyside
• Thornton, Northumberland, a location
• Thornton, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
• Thornton, Pembrokeshire
• Thornton, West Yorkshire
• Thornton Abbey, Lincolnshire
• Thornton Curtis, Lincolnshire
• Thornton Heath, London
• Thornton Hough, Merseyside
• Thornton in Craven, North Yorkshire
• Thornton in Lonsdale, North Yorkshire
• Thornton-le-Beans, North Yorkshire
• Thornton-le-Clay, North Yorkshire
• Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire (also simply Thornton Dale)
• Thornton le Moor, Lincolnshire
• Thornton-le-Moor, North Yorkshire
• Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire
• Thornton-le-Street, North Yorkshire
• Thornton Rust, North Yorkshire
• Thornton Steward, North Yorkshire
• Thornton Watlass, North Yorkshire
• Thornton (ward), an electoral ward of the Lambeth London Borough Council

United States

• Thornton Creek, a stream in Seattle, Washington, USA

Communities

• Thornton, Arkansas
• Thornton, California
• Thornton, Colorado
• Thornton, Idaho
• Thornton, Illinois
• Thornton, Iowa
• Thornton, Kentucky
• Thornton, Mississippi
• Thornton, New Hampshire
• Thornton, Pennsylvania
• Thornton, Rhode Island
• Thornton, Texas
• Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois
• Thornton Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska
• Thornton, Wisconsin

Companies and organizations

• Thorntons Inc., a U.S. gasoline and convenience store chain
• Thorntons Ltd., a UK chocolate brand
• Thornton's Bookshop (aka Thornton's) a university bookshop in Oxford, England
• Thornton Academy, a private 6-12 school in Saco, Maine, USA

Other uses

• USS Thornton, several United States Navy ships

See also

• • • Thornton Hibs F.C., a Scottish football club
  • Thorton (disambiguation) Grant Thornton (disambiguation)