X-Nico

4 unusual facts about Thornhill, West Yorkshire


Hector Munro Chadwick

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

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.

Thornhill Grammar School

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

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.


Alan Kernaghan

Born in Otley, West Yorkshire, England, at the age of four, he moved with his family to Bangor, County Down.

All Saints' Church, Harewood

All Saints' Church, Harewood is a 15th-century redundant church standing in the park of Harewood House, the seat of the Earls of Harewood, near the village of Harewood, West Yorkshire, England.

Aspley, West Yorkshire

Aspley is an area adjacent to the ring road around Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.

Bingley Grammar School

Bingley Grammar School (BGS) is a comprehensive community school for both boys and girls from the ages of 11–18 and is located on the outskirts of Bingley, West Yorkshire, England.

Brackenhall

Brackenhall is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England located 2 miles (3 km) north of Huddersfield town centre between Fixby and Sheepridge.

Chloe Procter

Despite being American, Chloe is actually from Leeds in West Yorkshire and attends her local high school, Bruntcliffe in Morley, Leeds.

Craven and District Football League

The league is essentially based on Craven and so includes several teams from the main Craven centres such as Skipton, Settle, Cross Hills and Cononley, but its catchment extends into nearby districts of Lancashire and West Yorkshire with, for example, teams from Bradford, Colne, Ilkley, Keighley and Pendle also taking part.

Dave Pybus

Dave Pybus (born 4 June 1970 in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, England) is an extreme metal musician, best known as the former bass player of Cradle of Filth.

Elland Upper Edge

Elland Upper Edge is a village on the B6114 road, near the town of Elland, in the Calderdale District, in the English county of West Yorkshire.

Fenton, Murray and Jackson

Fenton, Murray and Jackson was an engineering company at the Round Foundry off Water Lane in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

Ferry Fryston

Ferry Fryston is a suburb of the town of Castleford in West Yorkshire, England.

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.

Gary Sykes

Educated at Birkdale High School he is based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire and is a former British super featherweight champion.

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.

Geoffrey Appleyard

Appleyard was born in Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, the son of John Ernest Appleyard, a successful motor engineer, and Mary Elizabeth Northrop.

Geoffrey Lofthouse, Baron Lofthouse of Pontefract

He was born in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, the son of Ernest Lofthouse, a farm labourer in Micklefield, and Emma (née Fellows).

Happy slapping

She had pleaded guilty at Leeds Crown Court in February 2008 to aiding and abetting the manslaughter of Gavin Waterhouse, 29, from Keighley, West Yorkshire.

Harewood speed Hillclimb

Harewood speed Hillclimb (the form with italics and a lower-case s is used officially) is a hillclimb near the village of Harewood, West Yorkshire, England.

Huddersfield Media Centre project

The Huddersfield Media Centre is a business centre and a community of digital, media and creative enterprises in the West Yorkshire town of Huddersfield, England, with 121 serviced office spaces and 21 live/work studio flats located in four buildings sometimes called the Creative Quarter.

Keighley Festival

The Keighley Festival is a festival held in the town of Keighley, West Yorkshire, England during a two-week period in June or July each year.

Leeds Trinity University

Leeds Trinity University is a university in the town of Horsforth, West Yorkshire, England, which offers foundation and undergraduate degrees, as well as postgraduate qualifications.

Leo Walmsley

He was born at 7 Clifton Place, Shipley in the county of West Yorkshire in 1892, and two years later his family moved to Robin Hood's Bay on the coast of present-day North Yorkshire, where he was schooled at the old Wesleyan chapel.

Lizzie Armitstead

Armitstead was born in the market town of Otley in West Yorkshire, where she attended Prince Henry's Grammar School, a state comprehensive school.

Marsh, West Yorkshire

Marsh is a suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England that is situated 1.5 km (1 mi) west of the town centre.

Mountains and hills of England

The Yorkshire Dales end at Skipton, and a short distance to the south is a range of moors that rises up between the urban cores of Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire.

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!

Locations used for outdoor filming of the series were in Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire and Elvington, North Yorkshire, while indoor filming was done at Yorkshire Television Studios, "Kirkstall Road, Leeds" themselves.

Old St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe

Old St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe, is a former church in the village of Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire, England, of which only the tower remains.

Outlane

Outlane is a village near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England with a population of 710 according to the 2001 census.

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.

Rugby League Heritage Centre

The Rugby League Heritage Centre is located in the basement of the George Hotel, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.

Song Festival

Songfestival, also called song07 was a cancelled two day music festival due to take place for the first time in 2007 near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England.

The 1 in 12 Club

The 1 in 12 Club refers to both a members' club and the building in which it is based, in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

Thornhill Cemetery

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

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.

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.

Tim Marshall

Marshall was educated at Prince Henry's Grammar School, a former state grammar school in the market town of Otley, in Leeds,West Yorkshire.

Turnbridge

Turnbridge is the area to the east of Huddersfield town centre ring road in West Yorkshire, England.

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.

White Wells

White Wells is a spa bath situated on Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire, England.

Wilf Lunn

Wilfred Makepeace Lunn (b. 1942, Rastrick, West Yorkshire, England) is an English inventor, prop-maker and TV presenter.


see also