Thornton | |
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 Farnborough Drive roundabout, Thornton - the suburb is flat, single storey, with wide, tree-lined roads | |
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| Coordinates: 37°46′40.58″S175°13′22.36″E / 37.7779389°S 175.2228778°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Electoral ward | Hamilton West |
| Established | 1997 |
| Population (2006 Census) | |
• Total | 2,286 |
| Te Rapa | ||
| Rotokauri |   Thornton  | Crawshaw |
| Nawton |
Thornton is a name sometimes used [1] for part of a suburb in western Hamilton in New Zealand. [2]
Aldershot Place, [3] Arundel Place, [4] Dorchester Place, [5] Farnborough Drive, [6] Hadrians Way, [7] Highbury Place, [8] Sandhurst Place, [9] Twickenham Place, [10] Wembley Close [11] and Wimbledon Close were named in 1997 by Thornton Estates Ltd., the developer, using English place names. They are more usually described as being in Nawton [12] and are in the Nawton West census area. [13]
