Thornbury (South Gloucestershire)

51.6125 - 2.5202777777778Koordinaten: 51 ° 37 ' N, 2 ° 31 ' W

Thornbury is a small town in South Gloucestershire. It is located 18 km north of Bristol and has about 12,000 inhabitants.

The story Thornburys dates back to the 9th century. The first settlement was called Thornbyrig and is first mentioned in 896; in the Domesday Book ( 1086 ) the place is listed as Turneberie with 103 inhabitants. Recent finds of Roman coins have suggested that the place was already 300 AD.

Among the attractions of the city include the Thornbury Castle, whose construction for Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, was started in 1511. 1521 Edward Stafford was executed, the construction was stopped and the building was not completed. Nevertheless, it was used in 1535 by King Henry VIII and his wife Anne Boleyn, later by Mary Tudor. Today, the Castle is a hotel. The oldest sustaining building Thornburys is the church of Saint Mary the Virgin, was first built in 1340.

In the neighborhood is the switched off in February 2012 Oldbury nuclear power station.

Thornbury has twinned with Bockenem ( Lower Saxony).

Thornbury Castle