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12 unusual facts about Thornhill


Hector Munro Chadwick

He was born in Thornhill, West Yorkshire, and was educated at Wakefield Grammar School and Clare College, Cambridge.

Jamie Klayman

Jamie Klayman (born September 1, 1983 in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada ) is a professional ice hockey player for the Varkaus Eagles of the Finish second division, DIV II FIHA.

Post City Magazines

Eight of the top 10 highest median income areas in Canada are covered by a Post City Magazines publication, such as The Bridle Path, Rosedale, Forest Hill, York Mills, Moore Park, Lawrence Park, Lytton Park, Thornhill and Richmond Hill.

Sir William Savile, 3rd Baronet

Savile was born at Thornhill, the son of Sir George Savile and Anne Wentworth, and the grandson of Sir George Savile, 1st Baronet.

Southampton Corporation Transport

This requirement saw the birth of the 18 service, which was introduced on 15 December 1957, and ran from Central Station to Thornhill via the Civic Centre and Bitterne.

Thornhill Cemetery

Thornhill Cemetery is a major cemetery and crematorium located in the Thornhill, a northern suburb of Cardiff, south Wales.

Thornhill Grammar School

Thornhill Grammar School was a school between Thornhill, West Yorkshire and Dewsbury.

Thornhill, Cardiff

Thornhill Cemetery is a major cemetery located in this area of Cardiff.

The 28 service runs through Thornhill and terminates at the Central Bus Station at regular intervals.

Thornhill, West Yorkshire

The Saviles remained here until the English Civil War when the house was besieged, (having been previously fortified by Sir William Savile, the third baronet of the family), taken and demolished by the forces of Parliament.

Wahida C. Valiante

Since 1993, she initiated many health related counseling programs for women and children in addition to organizing a Social Club for Muslim Women in neighborhood high school gym in Thornhill, Ontario.

William Hayley

:This was also the name of his great uncle William Hayley (priest) a 17th-century Dean of Chichester and a contemporary architect b.1797 at Thornhill, West Yorkshire.


Christine McCrady

She won the 1995 provincial championship playing third for Alison Goring's rink from the Bayview Country Club in Thornhill, Ontario.

Frederick Thornhill

Just over a month later, Thornhill died at the age of 29 at Toton Sidings, the largest marshalling yards of the Midland Railway.

Thornhill was born in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, the son of Richard Thornhill and his wife Eliza Reynolds and became an engine stoker for the Midland Railway.

Gary Thornhill

Thornhill fought 5 world champions during his career such as: Justin Juuko-WBO World title holder, Michael Gomez-WBU World title holder, Scott Harrison-WBO & WBC World title holder, Nicky Cook-WBA World title holder Stephen Foster-WBU World title holder.

George Coats, 1st Baron Glentanar

Coats was the son of Thomas Coats and Margaret Glen, daughter of Thomas Glen, of Thornhill Johnstone, Renfrewshire.

Kimberly Anyadike

She was accompanied by safety pilot Ronnell Norman, a certified commercial pilot and Major Levi H. Thornhill, a retired U.S. Air Force pilot who at age 87, is a member of the elite Tuskegee Airmen who served during World War II.

Leonard W. Thornhill

The ship was laid down on October 7, 1943 at Newark, New Jersey, by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company; launched on December 30, 1943; sponsored by Mrs. J. E. Thornhill, the mother of Lt. (jg.) Thornhill; and commissioned on February 1, 1944.

Masbrough

The Masbrough community is served by both Thornhill and Ferham Primary Schools, with secondary provision being provided by Winterhill School in nearby Kimberworth.

Phil Bayton

Joining the Thornhill Cycling Club in Birmingham he won a handicap race at Hirwaun in South Wales as a 16 year old junior and a year later was part of the GB Olympic squad under Norman Sheil.

Richard Oastler

Richard later became steward for Thomas Thornhill, the absentee landlord of Fixby, a large estate near Huddersfield.

Stanton Hall, Stanton in Peak

His descendant William Pole Thornhill, High Sheriff 1836, died in 1876 and the estate passed to McCreagh-Thornhill relations.

Thornhill Hall

In 1370, in the reign of Edward III, Elizabeth Thornhill, the only child of Simon Thornhill, married Sir Henry Savile.

Thornhill High School

Thornhill High School opened on the air force base in Gwelo, Rhodesia (now Gweru, Zimbabwe) in January 1955.

Thornhill Lees

The district lies to the south of Dewsbury town centre, between Savile Town and Thornhill.

Thornhill Lees is a district of Dewsbury, which is a town within the borough of Kirklees in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

William Pole Thornhill

Thornhill was the last member of the family of Thornhill who had owned estates at Stanton Hall, Stanton-in-Peak since the end of the 17th century when John Thornhill married the heiress Mary Bache.