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Thorne
Thorne may refer to: Places Antarctica * Mount Thorne Canada * Thorne, Ontario, Canada * Thorne, Quebec, Canada England * Thorne, Cornwall, England * Thorne, Ottery St Mary, an historic estate in Devon * Thorne, a hamlet and historic manor in the parish of Holsworthy Hamlets in Devon *Thorne Coffin, Somerset * Thorne, South Yorkshire **Thorne Colliery United States * Thorne, North Dakota, an unincorporated community in the United States * Thorne, Nevada Other * Thorne (surname) Thorne is a surname of English origin, originally referring to a thorn bush. Thorne is the 1,721st most common surname name in the United States. The Thorne family's origins date back to the period prior to the Norman Conquest of 1066, to the count ..., a list of people named Thorne * ''Thorne'' (TV series), a 2010 crime drama starring David Morrissey * Thorne system, a modern system of plant taxonomy See also * Thorn (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorne (TV Series)
''Thorne'' is a British crime drama television series, based on the novels of author Mark Billingham, that was first broadcast on Sky One on 10 October 2010.''The Guardian'', 9 October 2010"The weekend's TV highlights"/ref> A single six-episode series, starring David Morrissey in the title role of Detective Inspector Tom Thorne, was broadcast at 21:00 on Sundays until 14 November. As well as Morrissey, the series also stars Aidan Gillen, Eddie Marsan, O-T Fagbenle and Lorraine Ashbourne in supporting roles. The series comprises two three-part dramatisations of the first two ''Thorne'' novels, ''Sleepyhead'' and ''Scaredycat''. ''Sleepyhead'', directed by Stephen Hopkins, previewed in full at the BFI Southbank in London on 4 October 2010, followed by a Q&A session featuring writer Mark Billingham and actors David Morrissey and Eddie Marsan. BFI, 4 October 2010TV preview: thorne: sleepyhead + Q&A/ref> Although directly adapted from the novels, there are notable differences in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Thorne
The Hays Mountains () are a large group of mountains and peaks of the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica, surmounting the divide between the lower portions of Amundsen Glacier and Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains), Scott Glacier and extending from the vicinity of Mount Thorne on the northwest to Mount Dietz on the southeast. Discovery and naming The Hays Mountains were discovered by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd on the South Pole flight of November 28–29, 1929, and mapped in part by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological parties to this area in 1929 and 1934. They were named by Byrd for Will H. Hays, former head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. Location The Hays Mountains extend between the Amundsen Glacier to the west and Scott Glacier to the east. Peaks from south to north along the east side of the Amundsen Glacier include Simmonds Peak, Mount Dort, Mount Clough to the south of Cappellari Glacier and Mount Gevers to the north of that glaci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorne, Ontario
Thorne is an unincorporated community within the unincorporated township of Poitras, in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the census division of Nipissing District. A designated place served by a local services board, the community had a population of 204 in the 2016 Canadian Census. Thorne is located at the northernmost end of Highway 63, just across the Ottawa River from Témiscaming, Quebec. It is also situated 63 km northeast of North Bay. As early as 1942 a number of squatters had established themselves on CIP (Canadian International Paper) property on the Ontario side of the Ottawa River. Leo Armitage and Leo Dorion are attributed as the first white settlers at the location. The small grouping of houses would eventually take the name of Thorneville after C.B. Thorne, a Norwegian born engineer and technical director in charge of building the paper mill for the Riordon Pulp and Paper Co. between 1917-20. After the Second World War owing to a lack of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorne, Quebec
Thorne is a municipality in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, about northwest of Downtown Gatineau, part of the Outaouais region. It is named after a town with the same name in Yorkshire, England. The name Thorn(e) is rarely used alone in English toponymy where it is more common in other forms such as Thornhill, Thornton, Thornley, Thornham, Thorngrove. Geography Thorne is located in the Gatineau Hills with its highest hills reaching an elevation of above sea level. Its notable lakes are Barnes, Johnson, Mecham, Sparling, Thorne, and Toote Lakes. Its settlements include Greer Mount, Hodgins, Ladysmith, Schwartz, Thornby, and Thorne Centre. History On May 1, 1861, the Township of Thorne was formed when it separated from Clarendon Township. But because it was too small to form its own municipality, it was merged with Leslie Township. James Martin was its first mayor. That same year, it had a population between 450 and 465 people, made up of mixed nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorne, Cornwall
Thorne is the name of two hamlets in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. One is on the A3073 road near Bude Bude (, locally or ; Cornish language, Cornish ) is a seaside town in north Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of Bude-Stratton and at the mouth of the River Neet (also known locally as the River Strat). It was sometimes formerly known as ... and the other near Whitstone. Thorne, Whitstone, was a manor in medieval times and had in 1086 land for one plough and 20 acres of pasture.Ordnance Survey (1946) ''One-inch Map of England and Wales; Bude, sheet 174'' References Hamlets in Cornwall Manors in Cornwall {{Cornwall-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorne, Ottery St Mary
Thorne in the parish of Ottery St Mary in Devon is an historic estate situated on the west side of the River Otter, Devon, River Otter opposite the town of Ottery St Mary. The site is today occupied by Thorne Farm (much of the land of which has been built over by a modern housing estate known as Thorne Farm Way) situated to the immediate north of the town's school and hospital and to the immediate south of the surviving early 17th century grand mansion house of Cadhay. The area of Thorne Farm is low lying and suffered serious flooding in 2008 which caused the Environment Agency to propose improvements including diverting the Thorne Farm Stream via a channel to the River Otter flood plain. Descent at-Thorne Thorne was the seat of the "at-Thorne" (later ''Thorne'') family, which as was usual{{citation needed, date=August 2017 had taken their surname from their seat. Some confusion exists concerning two Devonshire families, one named by William Pole (antiquary), Pole (d.1635) and T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holsworthy Hamlets
Holsworthy Hamlets is a civil parish in the northwest of Devon, England. It forms part of the local government district of Torridge and came into being on 1 April 1900 when the ecclesiastical parish of Holsworthy was split into two. The parish almost surrounds the parish and town of Holsworthy, except on the east. It is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Bradworthy, Sutcombe, Milton Damerel, Thornbury, Cookbury, Hollacombe, Clawton, Pyworthy and Holsworthy, and Pancrasweek. In 2001 its population was 821, distributed among farms and hamlets such as Thorne and Chilsworthy (former Domesday Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ... manors), Youldon, Honeycroft, Vognacott, Merryfield, South Arscott (the original home of the Arscott familyDay (193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorne Coffin
Thorne may refer to: Places Antarctica * Mount Thorne Canada * Thorne, Ontario, Canada * Thorne, Quebec, Canada England * Thorne, Cornwall, England * Thorne, Ottery St Mary, an historic estate in Devon * Thorne, a hamlet and historic manor in the parish of Holsworthy Hamlets in Devon * Thorne Coffin, Somerset * Thorne, South Yorkshire Thorne is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It has a population of 16,592, increasing to 17,295 ... ** Thorne Colliery United States * Thorne, North Dakota, an unincorporated community in the United States * Thorne, Nevada Other * Thorne (surname), a list of people named Thorne * ''Thorne'' (TV series), a 2010 crime drama starring David Morrissey * Thorne system, a modern system of plant taxonomy See also * Thorn (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorne, South Yorkshire
Thorne is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It has a population of 16,592, increasing to 17,295 at the 2011 Census. History The land which is now Thorne was once inhabited by Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age people. It became a permanent settlement around AD 700, and is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book''. The main industries in the town have traditionally been coal mining and farming. Geography Thorne lies east of the River Don, South Yorkshire, River Don, on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal, and is located at approximately , at an elevation of around above sea level, on the Yorkshire side of the border with Lincolnshire. The civil parishes in England, civil parish of ''Thorne and Moorends'' includes the village of Moorends to the north, and the Thorne Waste (also known as Thorne Moors) section of the Thorne and Hatfield M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorne Colliery
Thorne Colliery was a large colliery within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire in the South Yorkshire Coalfield. The colliery was open between 1925 and 1956; but had operational issues including shaft water, war time crises and maintenance trouble, causing the pit to be non-productive for much of its lifespan. Production ended in 1958 due to geological problems. Unsuccessful proposals to restart production were made in the 1980s and 1990s, and in 2004 the pit pumps were turned off and the headgear demolished. History and description Mine construction (1902–24) Thorne Colliery is situated upon the Thorne Moors north-east of Doncaster, next to the historical mining village of Moorends, north-west to Thorne. The first experimental borings at the site began in 1902, and continued until 1908. A borehole sunk in 1904 by the Thorne Borehole Syndicate, a group of local businessmen, was proven in 1908 when the Barnsley Bed was hit at a depth of 916 yards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorne, North Dakota
Thorne is an unincorporated community in Rolette County, in the U.S. state of North Dakota North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minneso .... History Thorne was laid out in 1905. A number of the first settlers being natives of Thorne, England caused the name to be selected. A post office was established at Thorne in 1905, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1965. References Former municipalities in North Dakota Unincorporated communities in Rolette County, North Dakota Populated places established in 1905 1905 establishments in North Dakota Unincorporated communities in North Dakota {{NorthDakota-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorne, Nevada
Thorne, Nevada is a rail junction and former town located in Mineral County, Nevada. In 1881, Thorne was a station on the Carson and Colorado Railway. In 1905, the spur line to Hawthorne was abandoned and Thorne became the terminus for Hawthorne. In 1909 and 1910, Thorne "became a very busy place" because of the boom at the Lucky Boy Mine and was reported to have two saloons. Thorne's post office operated from July 1912 until September 1921. In 1929, construction of the nearby Hawthorne Army Depot started with Thorne being the shipping point. In 1937, Thorne was served by the Hazen Mina branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials) was an American Railroad classes#Class I, Class I Rail transport, railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was oper .... At the start of World War II, Thorne was handling 380 car loads per month, with traffic peaking at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
