Thenford
| Thenford | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP5141 |
| Location: | 52°4’16"N, 1°14’38"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 74 (2001) |
| Post town: | Banbury |
| Postcode: | OX17 |
| Dialling code: | 01295 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Daventry |
Thenford is a village in Northamptonshire about five miles north-west of the market town of Brackley, and four miles east of Banbury in nearby Oxfordshire.
The name 'Thenford' is believed to be the Old English þegnes ford, meaning "Thegn’s ford".
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The parish church of St Mary was built in about 1200, extensively rebuilt in about 1300 and has a Perpendicular Gothic bell tower.[1]
Thenford House is a Georgian country house built between 1761 and 1765.[2] It is currently the seat of The Rt Hon. the Lord Heseltine CH, owner of the Haymarket Group publishing house and former deputy Prime Minister, serving under Margaret Thatcher and John Major. In the grounds of the House is a large arboretum which has become one of the most important private collections in the United Kingdom.
South-east of the house are the remains of a Roman villa, now a scheduled Ancient Monument, dating from c.1-4th century AD.[3]
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References
- ↑ Pevsner & Cherry, 1973, page 425
- ↑ Pevsner & Cherry, 1973, pages 425-426
- ↑ Ancient monuments website, accessed 30 January 2013
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (1973) [1961]. Northamptonshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 425–426. ISBN 0-14-071022-1.