Thornton

village in West Yorkshire, England, UK
Place village Q2406502
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Thornton

Summary

Thornton is a village[1]. Thornton ranks in the top 0.14% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (810 views/month, #69 of 50,837).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thornton is located in Bradford[3].
  • Thornton is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Thornton's instance of is recorded as village[5].
  • Thornton's Commons category is recorded as Thornton, West Yorkshire[6].
  • Thornton's local dialing code is recorded as 01274[7].
  • Thornton's OS grid reference is recorded as SE098326[8].
  • Thornton's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 53.7898, 'longitude': -1.8504}[9].
  • Thornton has a population of {'amount': '+17276'}[10].
  • Thornton's official name is recorded as Thornton[11].
  • Thornton's category for people born here is recorded as Q21926928[12].
  • Thornton's native label is recorded as Thornton[13].
  • Thornton's historic county is recorded as Yorkshire[14].
  • Thornton's category for the view of the item is recorded as Category:Views of Thornton, West Yorkshire[15].

Body

Geography

Thornton is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Thornton is located in Bradford[3].

Physical Characteristics

Thornton has a population of {'amount': '+17276'}[10].

Designation and Status

Thornton's instance of is recorded as village[5].

Why It Matters

Thornton ranks in the top 0.14% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (810 views/month, #69 of 50,837).[2] Thornton has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Thornton is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Geagea · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Population {'amount': '+17276'}
    Historic county Yorkshire
    National library of israel j9u id 987013294747505171
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987013294747505171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788284458440; updating from the National Library of Israel database based on LC"
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