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About Thornbury:
Thornbury is a market town in South
Gloucestershire, England, approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of the
city of Bristol, with a population of 12,342 at the 2001 UK census. The
town hosts South Gloucestershire Council headquarters and is twinned
with Bockenem in Germany. Thornbury is a Britain in Bloom award-winning
town and has its own competition, Thornbury in Bloom. Its suburbs
include the Morton and Thornbury Park districts.
History:
There is evidence of human activity in the Thornbury area in the
Neolithic and Bronze Ages but the earliest documented evidence of
Thornbury's history comes in the 9th century, with a settlement called
"Thornbyrig". The Domesday Book noted a manor known as "Turneberie" with
103 residents.
The town charter was created in 1252. The charter's 750th anniversary in
2002 was celebrated with a "750" flower bed planted on Grovesend Road.
St. Mary's church is the oldest surviving building in the town. In 1974
a town council was elected. Thornbury used to be a borough but became a
parish in 1984.
Thornbury Township, Pennsylvania, USA was established in 1687 and named
by George Pearce after Thornbury, Gloucestershire. the native town of
his wife Ann.
In 1765 a Dr Fewster (possibly John Fewster) of Thornbury presented a
paper to the Medical Society of London entitled "Cow pox and its ability
to prevent smallpox".
Thornbury was once served by a railway line; it was the terminus of a
branch line of the Midland Railway (later part of the LMS), from Yate on
the Bristol to Gloucester main line, with intermediate stations at Iron
Acton and Tytherington. The branch lost its passenger services in June
1944 but lived on as a freight route, and also to serve quarries at
Tytherington. The Thornbury railway station and line have been
redeveloped into a housing estate, a bypass road and a long footpath.
More remains of the line can be found at Tytherington quarry to the east
of the town.
Thornbury had a market, held on the High Street and in the Market Hall.
It moved to Rock Street in 1911 but closed down in the late 1990s and
was partly replaced with a smaller market in a car park near the United
Reformed Church. The older site has been redeveloped as a new community
centre, called "Turnberrie's", while the Market Hall is now a clothes
shop.
A hoard of 11,460 Roman coins was found in 2004 whilst a resident was
digging out for a fishpond. This was acquired by Bristol Museum for
£40,000
Thornbury's coat of arms is the arms of four families important in the
town's history: Attwells, Howard', Clare and Stafford. John Attwells
left £500 in his will for the establishment of the Free School which
merged with the grammar school in 1879. The Attwells coat of arms was
later adopted as the badge for the grammar school, now Marlwood School.
The other three families held the manor at Thornbury over several
centuries. It has the motto Decus Sabrinae Vallis (Latin for "Jewel of
the Severn Vale")
Tourist attractions:
Thornbury castle
One of Thornbury's most notable features is its castle, a Tudor
structure begun in 1511 as a home for Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of
Buckingham. The two intricate redbrick chimneys were built in 1514, and
are similar to those found at Hampton Court Palace. Cardinal Wolsey
beheaded the Duke for treason in 1521. Following the Duke's demise the
castle was confiscated by King Henry VIII who stayed at the Castle for
ten days in 1535 with Anne Boleyn.
Following the English Civil War Thornbury castle fell into disrepair but
was renovated in 1824 by the Howard Family. The Castle is now a 26 room
luxury hotel and restaurant.
Parish church
The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is Thornbury's parish church.
Building started in 1340, with major additions in 1500, 1848 and 1988.
The church is used for worship, baptism, confirmation, marriages,
funerals and remembrance services.
Town pump
The town pump is on a small island at the bottom of the High Street. It
has a sign saying "To Gloucester" with a pointing hand. The original
water pump was removed in 1924 after its declaration as a road hazard by
the council. In 1984 a new one was built. In 2002 it was temporarily
painted gold to celebrate the Golden Jubilee. The pump is usually
decorated with flowers, and there are often "Birthday Greetings" notices
placed on the pump.
Walks and scenery
Streamside Walk. A footpath called Streamside Walk starts at
Gillingstool Primary School, passes over several roads and bridges, past
Thornbury Hospital and Manorbrook Primary School and on to the north of
Thornbury where the stream leaves the town. Another stream runs through
the north east of Thornbury and merges at an old mill.
Old railway line
Although the station is no more, the old railway line is now a footpath.
The footpath was constructed in the 1990s to support new housing and
industrial developments, previously it was grassed over and neglected.
Starting from the industrial estates it follows the route of the streets
of Streamleaze and Avon Way ending near a roundabout at the top of Avon
Way.
Heritage trail
Created by the Thornbury and District Heritage Trust as a Millennium
project, the heritage trail consists of a walk encompassing the town's
historically significant buildings. There are forty waymarkers
indicating the route, which starts outside the town hall.
Sport and leisure
Mundy playing fields were donated to Thornbury by Mrs Violet Mundy in
1937. The fields feature a children's play area and sports ground.
Nearby is Thornbury Golf Club, Thornbury Leisure Centre, Thornbury Lawn
Tennis Club and a skate park. In south Thornbury a small children's play
area was recently opened. There are green spaces around the town. A
Thornbury Community Garden was set up near Gillingstool School but has
closed because of housing development. A replacement Community Garden is
to be built next to the new Community Centre.
Thornbury RFC play in the Western Counties North League, and despite
being a Thornbury club, their ground is located in Rockhampton, on the
outskirts of Thornbury.
Thornbury Town FC play in the Gloucestershire County League which is
tier 11 in the English football (soccer) league.
Other attractions
Attractions include Filnore Woods, Armstrong and Cossham Halls, and
Thornbury Museum. A heritage trail offers information signs about places
of interest, starting from the Town Hall (which used to be the police
station and magistrates court in Thornbury). Also of note is the
MacLaine Memorial fountain which is dedicated to the memory of
Lieutenant Hector Maclaine, who was a local man who helped protect the
British in India from the Russians and Afghans in 1880. Thornbury has an
antiquarian mathematics bookshop. The town has a community radio
station, Thornbury FM which broadcasts 365 days a year on its webcasts
and twice a year on 87.7 MHz FM.
Amenities:
Thornbury High Street. On the left is the old market hall (now a clothes
shop), The White Lion pub and a Tudor style house.Thornbury features a
high street, a shopping centre (St Mary's Centre), two supermarkets and
many smaller shops.
The town has a large number of public houses. The White Lion, Thornbury,
is a public house on the High Street. In 2003 it won the Thornbury in
Bloom award, and in 1999 the Britain in Bloom award for Best Pub
Display. In 1891 and 1903 its annual rateable value was £24.0s.0d. Other
pubs in Thornbury are The Swan, The Wheatsheaf, The Knot of Rope, The
Plough, The Barrel, The George, The Black Horse and The Anchor
The shop front of the Wildings (formerly Worthingtons) clothing shop was
used in the Two Ronnies serial sketch, "The Worm That Turned." In urban
legend it is proposed that Ronnie Barker got the idea for Open All Hours
when he visited the local Riddifords grocer's - however, Open All Hours
ran from 1976, following a pilot in 1973, long before the filming and
broadcast of "The Worm That Turned" in 1980. The nearby nuclear power
station at Oldbury-on-Severn, Tytherington quarry and Stokefield Close
were used as locations for the 1976 four-part Doctor Who serial The Hand
of Fear.
People:
** Beverley Robinson (1723–1792) died in Thornbury
** William Holwell (1726–1798) was presented to the vicarage of
Thornbury by Christ Church, Oxford in January 1762.
** The politicians George (1794–1875) and John Rolph (1793–1870) were
born in Thornbury.
** Handel Cossham (1824–1890) was born in Thornbury.
** E M Grace (1841–1911) played cricket for Thornbury Cricket Club.
** Tony Britton (born 1924) attended Thornbury Grammar School.
** James Symons former manager of Leeds United and Newcastle United was
born and raised in Thornbury.
** The tennis player Emily Webley-Smith (born 1984) was born in
Thornbury.
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