Hornby

English Pronunciation en /ˈhɔːnbiː/ UK Proper noun ~ s en village par/Hornby-with-Farleton dist/Lancaster co/Lancashire cc/England OS grid ref SD5868. en village/and/cpar (served by Smeaton and Hornby Parish Council) in co/North Yorkshire cc/England previously in dist/Hambleton OS grid ref NZ3605. en small village/and/cpar (without a council) in co/North Yorkshire cc/England previously in dist/Richmondshire OS grid ref SE2293. Parish map (Richmondshire) en comm in the town:pref/Halton Hills rmun/Halton p/Ontario c/Canada. en town/and/hamlet therein, in co/Steuben County s/New York c/USA, named after landowner John Hornby. en suburb city/Christchurch r/Canterbury c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map en derived from the English place name. en May 30, 2008 Felicia R. Lee Harry Potter Prequel for Charity w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/arts/30arts-HARRYPOTTERP_BRF.html 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20230819160510/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/arts/30arts-HARRYPOTTERP_BRF.html Derived terms en Hornby-with-Farleton 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