Thornton

Thornton may refer to:

The Scandinavian family name, translated as "of Thor's army".

People

• Thornton (surname), people with the surname Thornton
• Thornton Chase (1847–1912), the first Bahá'í of Western background
• Thornton F. Bell (1878–1938), American jurist

Places

United Kingdom

• Thornton, Buckinghamshire
• Thornton, East Riding of Yorkshire
• Thornton, Fife
• Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire
• Thornton, Leicestershire
• Thornton, Lincolnshire
• Thornton, Merseyside
• Thornton, Middlesbrough
• 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

United States

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

South Africa

• Thornton, Cape Town

New Zealand

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

Canada

• Thornton, Ontario

Australia

• Thornton, New South Wales

See also

Look up Thornton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Thornton Hibs F.C., a Scottish football club
• Thornton Creek, a stream in Seattle, Washington, USA
• USS Thornton, several United States Navy ships
• Thornton Academy, a private 6-12 school in Saco, Maine, USA