Hornby

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɔːnbiː/

Proper noun

Hornby (countable and uncountable, plural Hornbys)

  1. A village in Hornby-with-Farleton parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5868).
  2. A village and civil parish (served by Smeaton and Hornby Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ3605).
  3. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2293). [1]
  4. A community in the town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, Canada.
  5. A town and hamlet therein, in Steuben County, New York, United States, named after landowner John Hornby.
  6. A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. [2]
  7. A surname derived from the English place name.
    • 2008 May 30, Felicia R. Lee, “Harry Potter Prequel for Charity”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 19 August 2023:
      The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her seven-book Potter series.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Hornby is the 31587th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 732 individuals. Hornby is most common among White (96.45%) individuals.

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Richmondshire)
  2. ^ NZ Topo Map
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