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Thoresby

Thoresby proper noun: a locality in Perlethorpe cum Budby parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6471).

Proper noun

Thoresby

  1. A locality in Perlethorpe cum Budby parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6471).
  2. An abandoned medieval village in Carperby-cum-Thoresby parish, Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England, within the land on the farm presently known as High Thoresby (OS grid ref SE0390).

Questions about Thoresby

What does Thoresby mean?
Thoresby means a locality in Perlethorpe cum Budby parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6471).
What part of speech is Thoresby?
Thoresby is a proper noun.

Words near Thoresby in the dictionary

  1. Thoreauesque
  2. thoreaulite
  3. Thoreauvian
  4. Thoren
  5. Thorens
  6. Thoresby
  7. Thoresen
  8. Thoresens
  9. Thoreson
  10. Thoresons
  11. Thorfida

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