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Thornton

village in Fife, Scotland, UK
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Thornton

Summary

Thornton is a village[1]. Thornton has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Thornton is located in Fife[3].
  • Thornton is located in Markinch[4].
  • Thornton is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Thornton's instance of is recorded as village[6].
  • Thornton's postal code is recorded as KY1[7].
  • Thornton's Commons category is recorded as Thornton, Fife[8].
  • Thornton's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[9].
  • Thornton's OS grid reference is recorded as NT289975[10].
  • Thornton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56.167, 'lon': -3.15}[11].
  • Thornton has a population of {'amount': '+2020'}[12].
  • Thornton's historic county is recorded as Fife[13].

Body

Geography

Thornton is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Fife[3], a council area[14], in United Kingdom[15] and Markinch[4], a civil parish[16], in United Kingdom[17].

Physical Characteristics

Thornton has a population of {'amount': '+2020'}[12].

Designation and Status

Thornton's instance of is recorded as village[6].

Why It Matters

Thornton has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Related Entities

Maxwell United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 56.167, 'lon': -3.15}
    Instance of → —
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43331|batch #43331]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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