Thorney Hill

	Thorney Hill Thorney and Thorny may refer to: Places in the United Kingdom Thorney, Cambridgeshire Thorney, Buckinghamshire * Thorney, Nottinghamshire Thorney, Somerset Thorney Hill, Hampshire Thorney Island (Westminster) Thorney Island (West Sussex) Thorney Toll, Cambridgeshire Places in the United States Thorny Creek, West Virginia Thorny Flat Other ST ''Thorney'', a tugboat * Thorny Hawkes (1852–1929), American baseball player * Thorny Lea Golf Club, a country club in Massachusetts, US Tim Thorney Tim Thorney (February 4, 1955 – June 15, 2021) was a Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and record producer, working out of his studio Villa Sound near Collingwood, Ontario. History Thorney first came to prominence as a recording engineer and s ... (1955–2021), Canadian singer-songwriter {{dab, geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Thorney, Cambridgeshire Thorney is a village in the Peterborough unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Located around east of Peterborough city centre, on the A47. Historically in the Isle of Ely, Thorney was transferred to the short-lived county of Huntingdon and Peterborough in 1965 and became part of the Peterborough district in 1974, on the merger into Cambridgeshire; the city became a unitary authority area in 1998. History Thorney began as a Saxon settlement in about 500 AD. The existence of Thorney Abbey made the settlement an important ecclesiastical centre, and until 2014 was the most northerly point of the Anglican Diocese of Ely. By 2007 the previous Thorney Abbey church, now the Church of St Mary and St Botolph, was part of the Deanery and Diocese of Peterborough. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries the estate became crown property and it was granted to John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford in 1550. At this time only a few hundred acres of the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thorney, Buckinghamshire Iver is a civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. In addition to the central clustered village, the parish includes the residential neighbourhoods of Iver Heath and Richings Park and the hamlets of Shreding Green and Thorney. Geography, transport and economy Part of the 43-square-mile Colne Valley regional park, with woods, lakes and land by the Grand Union Canal. Most of the open land is classified as Metropolitan Green Belt. Surrounding the Ivers are neighbouring villages and towns of Fulmer, Denham, Gerrards Cross and Wexham. Also nearby are Colnbrook, Langley, Uxbridge, Cowley, Yiewsley and West Drayton. The Ivers have public transport and motorway links. The M25 motorway passes east of the main village, west of Iver Heath and east of Richings Park, but cannot be accessed directly from the Ivers. Instead, road links are provided to junction 5 of the M4 motorway for Langley, and to junction 1 of the M40 motorway for Denham. The junction of the M4 with the M25 is name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thorney, Nottinghamshire Thorney is a village and civil parish about north of Newark-on-Trent, in the Newark and Sherwood district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The settlement is close to the eastern edge of the county. In the census of 2011, the parish had a population of 248, falling to 228 at the 2021 census. A small portion of Drinsey Nook mainly in Lincolnshire falls into the parish to the north, Thorney Moor is a hamlet to the south of the parish area. The parish borders other nearby parishes including Wigsley, Kettlethorpe, Newton on Trent, Saxilby with Ingleby, Harby, North Clifton, South Clifton and Hardwick. Features There are 7 listed buildings in Thorney. History The name "Thorney" means 'Enclosure of thorn-trees'. Thorney was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Torneshaie''. Thorney parish also included the townships of Broadholme and Wigsley which became separate parishes in 1866. Iron Age, Bronze age and Roman settlements have been found. There was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Thorney, Somerset Muchelney () is a clustered village and civil parish in Somerset, England, extending for from the south bank of the River Parrett. The village lies about south of Langport and south west of Somerton. The hamlets of Thorney and Muchelney Ham are in the south of the parish. History A small settlement was recorded at ''Micelenie'' in the Domesday Book of 1086, meaning 'the increasingly great island' from the Old English ''micel'' and the Norsk ''Øe''. The ''-ey'' or ''-y'' suffix served as the old English designation for "island", and thus is common to many of the villages in this area of the Somerset Levels, which stood as islands just above the marshes, which have since been drained. The parish of Muchelney was part of the Pitney Hundred. The village is best known as the site of Muchelney Abbey, a Benedictine abbey founded by King Athelstan in 939, and largely demolished in the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Architectural details of houses in the surrounding area ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thorney Hill Thorney and Thorny may refer to: Places in the United Kingdom Thorney, Cambridgeshire Thorney, Buckinghamshire * Thorney, Nottinghamshire Thorney, Somerset Thorney Hill, Hampshire Thorney Island (Westminster) Thorney Island (West Sussex) Thorney Toll, Cambridgeshire Places in the United States Thorny Creek, West Virginia Thorny Flat Other ST ''Thorney'', a tugboat * Thorny Hawkes (1852–1929), American baseball player * Thorny Lea Golf Club, a country club in Massachusetts, US Tim Thorney Tim Thorney (February 4, 1955 – June 15, 2021) was a Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and record producer, working out of his studio Villa Sound near Collingwood, Ontario. History Thorney first came to prominence as a recording engineer and s ... (1955–2021), Canadian singer-songwriter {{dab, geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thorney Island (Westminster) Thorney Island was the eyot (or small island) on the River Thames, upstream of medieval London, where Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster (commonly known today as the Houses of Parliament) were built. It was formed by rivulets of the River Tyburn, which entered the Thames nearby. In Roman times, and presumably earlier, Thorney Island Watling Street#Westminster ford, may have been part of a natural ford where Watling Street crossed the Thames, of particular importance before the construction of London Bridge. The name may be derived from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon ''Þorn-īeg'', meaning "Thorn Island". Thorney is described in a purported 8th century charter of Offa of Mercia, King Offa of Mercia, which is kept in the Westminster Abbey, Abbey muniments, as a "terrible place". In the Spring of 893, Edward the Elder, son of Alfred the Great, forced invading Vikings to take refuge on Thorney Island. Despite hardships and more Viking raids over the following centuries, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Thorney Island (West Sussex) Thorney Island is an island (effectively a peninsula) that juts into Chichester Harbour in West Sussex. It is separated from the mainland by a narrow channel called the Great Deep. Geography The village of West Thorney lies on the east coast of the island and has been incorporated into a British Army military base which occupies the southern part of the island, south of Great Deep. A coastal public footpath, part of the Sussex Border Path encircles the island, but public access to the south of the island is limited to the footpath and the church of St Nicholas at West Thorney. Walkers using the footpath may be asked by intercom to provide their contact details (name, address and mobile phone number) at the security gates to access the southern part of the island. Walkers must keep to the footpath marked with the yellow posts. During the winter months, fortnightly shoots are held on Thorney for partridge, pheasant and snipe. To the south of the island is Pilsey Island, now jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Thorney Toll Thorney Toll is a hamlet in Fenland District, in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. The hamlet sits either side of the A47 between Guyhirn and Peterborough. It is 12 miles from Wisbech. The population is included in the civil parish of Wisbech St Mary Wisbech St Mary is a village in the Fenland District of Cambridgeshire, England. It is west of the town of Wisbech. It lies between two Great Britain road numbering scheme, roads, the B1169 and the A47 road, A47. The population of the civil par .... Thorney Toll was part of the parish of Wisbech St Mary References Hamlets in Cambridgeshire Fenland District {{Cambridgeshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, Northamptonshire to the west, and Bedfordshire to the south-west. The largest settlement is the city of Peterborough, and the city of Cambridge is the county town. The county has an area of and had an estimated population of 906,814 in 2022. Peterborough, in the north-west, and Cambridge, in the south, are by far the largest settlements. The remainder of the county is rural, and contains the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, Ely in the east, Wisbech in the north-east, and St Neots and Huntingdon in the west. For Local government in England, local government purposes Cambridgeshire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with five Districts of England, districts, and the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thorny Creek, West Virginia Thorny Creek is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Thorny Creek is located on the Greenbrier River, northeast of Marlinton. Thorny Creek is also home to the Thorny Creek Mountain Summit. The mountain stands at about 3,366 feet above sea level Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an mean, average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal Body of water, bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical .... References Unincorporated communities in Pocahontas County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Populated places on the Greenbrier River {{PocahontasCountyWV-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thorny Flat Thorny Flat () is the second highest peak in the U.S. state of West Virginia, after Spruce Knob. Thorny Flat is the high point of the ridge known as Cheat Mountain Cheat Mountain is an exceptionally high and rugged ridge situated in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA. It is about long (north to south) and more than five miles (8 km) wide at its widest. Its highest point is at its so .... References Mountains of Pocahontas County, West Virginia Mountains of West Virginia Monongahela National Forest {{PocahontasCountyWV-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	ST Thorney Suffix beginning with P ''Empire Pacific'' ''Empire Pacific'' was a 984- GRT (1,200 DWT) coaster which was built by Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd. Sold in 1949 to the Straits Steamship Co Ltd, Singapore and renamed ''Buloh''. Sold in 1957 to Tai Ping Steamship Navigation Co Ltd, Hong Kong and renamed ''Tainamshan''. Ran aground on 26 November 1962 at Swatow, China and subsequently sank. ''Empire Pagoda'' '' Empire Pagoda'' was a 6,854-GRT cargo ship which was built by Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co Ltd, Hong Kong. Laid down as ''Empire Pagoda'' on 6 December 1941. Completed by the Japanese as ''Gyoten Maru''. Torpedoed on 17 February 1944 and sunk by west of Truk (). ''Empire Pakeha'' '' Empire Pakeha'' was an 8,115-GRT cargo ship which was built by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast. Launched in 1910 as 10,481-GRT ''Pakeha'' for Shaw Savill Line. Acquired by the Admiralty in September 1939 and rebuilt as a dummy battleship representing . Used as a decoy in the Firth of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]