Thorner

Also known as Thorner (civil parish), Leeds, Thorner, Leeds, Thorner, West Yorkshire

Thorner is a rural village and civil parish in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, located between Seacroft and Wetherby. It had a population of 1,646 at the 2011 Census.

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UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Thorner
UK place.pushpin_map: United Kingdom Leeds
UK place.population: 1,646
UK place.population_ref: (2011 census)
UK place.civil_parish: Thorner
UK place.metropolitan_borough: City of Leeds
UK place.metropolitan_county: West Yorkshire
UK place.region: Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.constituency_westminster: Wetherby and Easingwold
UK place.post_town: LEEDS
UK place.postcode_district: LS14
UK place.postcode_area: LS
UK place.dial_code: 0113
UK place.os_grid_reference: SE3798040610
UK place.static_image: St Peter, Thorner.jpg
UK place.static_image_width: 250px
UK place.static_image_caption: St Peter's church

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Population: 1646
Image: Thorner Church.jpg

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OS grid reference: SE3798040610
postal code: LS14
Commons category: Thorner

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Thorner is a rural village and civil parish in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, located between Seacroft and Wetherby. It had a population of 1,646 at the 2011 Census.

==Etymology== The name of Thorner is first attested in the 1086 Domesday Book as Torneure, Tornoure and Tornoura. The name comes from the Old English words þorn ('thorn') and ofer ('bank, slope'), and thus meant "thorn bank".