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Thorney

Thorney meaning

A hamlet in Iver parish, south Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0479). | A village and civil parish in the city of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2804). | A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK8573).

Example sentences (13)

It replaced a footbridge in 1829 or 1830. citation At Muchelney the Westover Bridge carries a minor road over the river, and another minor road crosses on the Thorney Bridge close to the Thorney (or silent) Mill and a lock.

A47 EBC between the Causeway and Station Road Thorney.

It has been an honour to be local councillor for Grindon, Hastings Hill, Springwell and Thorney Close over the past few years.

The councillor was keen to highlight the fact that many Thorney residents use the 36 bus to access medical care in Eye.

They said: “We investigated the proposal that sought to transfer the Fletton & Woodston ward to the Peterborough constituency, and the Eye, Thorney & Newborough ward to the North West Cambridgeshire constituency.

Among them was Cllr Steve Allen (Conservatives, Eye, Thorney and Newborough) who said it was “heartbreaking” to witness the “mounting devastation” in Gaza, but added that he “cannot see the worth of letters from this chamber or the city council”.

If that's the case, Thorney Bay in Canvey Island could be just the ticket.

The giant inflatable was a definite winner at the Thorney Close Youth Club summer fete in 1974.

The solar farm and battery energy storage system called Thorney Eco Hub is planned for a rural site near existing wind turbines.

Thorney library is in the same boat, she added.

Locks were planned at Stanmoor, Langport, and Muchelney, with a half-lock at Thorney.

On one occasion a division on Service went home in the middle of blockading a Danish army on Thorney Island, its provisions consumed and its term expired, before the king came to relieve them.

This happened first at the Old Minster in Winchester, before the reformers built new foundations and refoundations at Thorney, Peterborough, and Ely, among other places.