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Thomas Town of Town Place in Throwley , Kent, was an English politician.

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14-711: Thomastown may refer to: Places [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] Thomastown, Victoria , a suburb of Melbourne, Australia Thomastown railway station, Melbourne Electoral district of Thomastown , electorate in Victoria, Australia Thomastown Province , electorate in Victoria, Australia, abolished in 1988 Ireland [ edit ] Thomastown, County Kilkenny Thomastown railway station Thomastown Castle, County Tipperary, seat of Earl Landaff Thomastown (Parliament of Ireland constituency) , County Kilkenny, Ireland Thomastown, County Kildare ,

28-735: A civil parish in County Kildare, Ireland Thomastown, County Down , a townland Thomastown, County Fermanagh , a townland Thomastown, a townland, see List of townlands of County Clare Thomastown, 2 townlands, see List of townlands of County Dublin Thomastown, 3 townlands, see List of townlands of County Kildare Thomastown, 2 townlands, see List of townlands of County Limerick Thomastown, 3 townlands, see List of townlands of County Louth Thomastown, 3 townlands, see List of townlands of County Mayo Thomastown, 3 townlands, see List of townlands of County Meath Thomastown,

42-636: A population of 14,234 at the 2021 census . Thomastown is known for sharing its area with Westgarthtown , a historical settlement . Thomastown came into existence in 1848 when the John Honniball Thomas and Mary nÊe Hartnell family bought 106 acres, the land north of Melbourne for market gardening . Two years later, William Westgarth bought land north of Thomas' holding, which he made way for German settlers . Thomastown Post Office opened on 9 June 1862. The Thomastown area attracted many farmers and much horse-racing until World War II . In 1889,

56-594: A strip shopping centre in High Street parallel to the Thomastown Railway Station , a shopping centre corner of Edgars Road and Main Street and shops on Settlement Road and Dalton Road, plus various shopping strips east of the train station. Thomastown Secondary College is located on Main Street, adjacent to Thomastown West Primary School, Thomastown Recreational and Aquatic Centre (TRAC) and Thomastown Library which

70-478: A townland, see List of townlands of County Offaly Thomastown, 2 townlands, see List of townlands of County Tipperary Thomastown, a townland, see List of townlands of County Westmeath Thomastown, a townland, see List of townlands of County Wicklow United States [ edit ] Thomastown, Louisiana , in Madison Parish Thomastown Township, Wadena County, Minnesota ,

84-642: A township Thomastown, Mississippi , an unincorporated community Thomastown, Virginia , an unincorporated community Wales [ edit ] Thomastown, Rhondda Cynon Taf , a village in Wales Sports teams [ edit ] Thomastown GAA , Gaelic Athletic Association club at Thomastown, Kilkenny, Ireland Thomastown Football Club , Australian rules football club at Thomastown, Melbourne, Australis See also [ edit ] Thomas Town ( fl. 1420), MP for Kent, England Thomaston (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

98-452: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Thomastown, Victoria Thomastown is a suburb of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia , 16 km driving distance (14km line of sight) approximately 30 minutes north of Melbourne's central business district , located within the City of Whittlesea local government area . Thomastown recorded

112-875: Is directly linked to the City via the Mernda line. In 2011, the station was upgraded. A second platform, 310 parking spaces for cars, and a pedestrian overpass to cross over to the second platform were all added as were lifts for the disabled and new Myki card systems which replaced the old ticket system. Thomastown has 5 sporting ovals scattered to each side of Thomastown. These include the Nick Ascenzo Park located off Boronia Street, Thomastown East Recreational Reserve located off Rowen Street, HR Uren Reserve located next to Victoria Drive, West RGC Cook Reserve located on Robinvale Avenue and Main Street Recreational Reserve which

126-657: Is held at the Barry Road parklands in Thomastown. Thomastown is also the home to Select Harvests corporate offices and one of its two almond processing plants. Thomastown Mosque was built (early 1990s) by the Turkish Australian community and is located opposite the train station. Thomastown railway station opened on 23 December 1889. It was originally a single platform railway station located on High Street between Main Street and Spring Street. Thomastown railway station

140-590: Is located next to Edgars Creek and TRAC. There is also a Thomastown Football Club, an Australian rules football team, which competes in the Northern Football League . Jones, Michael Nature's Plenty: a history of the City of Whittlesea , Sydney, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin, 1992 ISBN   1863730761 ^ = territory divided with another LGA Thomas Town Town was the son and heir of Thomas atte Town, who died in 1403, by Bennet Detling, daughter and heiress of John Detling of Detling , Kent, who

154-629: Is managed by Yarra Plenty Regional Library . Thomastown East has a grid street configuration, predating the later configuration in Thomastown West which protects residential streets from through traffic. On the south of Thomastown there are numerous factories and an electricity terminal station, near the Metropolitan Ring Road / Northern Ring Road . There is also the Hume Freeway , which is west of Thomastown. The Galada Tamboore Path to

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168-730: The Epping railway line opened and milk production and distribution grew during the 1930s when a German dairying family formed the Pura Dairy, ultimately to expand into Preston and became Metropolitan Dairies Pty. Ltd. In 1947, a housing co-operative was formed 2 km. north in the suburb of Lalor . Soon, residential development began at Thomastown. While German settlers already call this area home, more settlers moved in, mostly Italians , Macedonians and Greeks . In 1961 St. Clare's Primary School opened, followed by Thomastown Secondary College and then Thomastown West Primary School. Thomastown has

182-428: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomastown&oldid=1215709575 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

196-585: The west and the Metropolitan Ring Road Trail to the south provide facilities for recreational and commuting cyclists. Edgars Creek and the Edgars Creek Trail runs along a linear park which is next to a reserve with ovals. Each year around March the community unite for the annual Whittlesea Community festival , a festival that showcases local culture through live entertainment, food stalls, hand made crafts and fireworks finale. The festival

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