Thornby, Northamptonshire
| Thornby | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 St Helen, Thornby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP670756 |
| Location: | 52°22’28"N, 1°-0’59"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 189 (2011) |
| Post town: | Northampton |
| Postcode: | NN6 |
| Dialling code: | 01604 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Kettering |
Thornby is a village in Northamptonshire, bisected by the A5199 road between Northampton and Leicester, about eleven miles north-west of Northampton town centre.
The village, like many, has a manor house; Thornby Hall.
The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 189.
The village's name means 'farm/settlement with thorn trees'.[1]
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Church
The parish church, St Helen, is described by Pevsner as of little architectural interest. It dates from the 14th century and additions and re-building took place in 1870 by Edmund Francis Law.[2]
Manor house
Thornby Hall is located off Naseby road and carries 17th century, with 19th- and 20th-century additions, for its Tudor style.
The house and grounds were used as a school for young people with severe emotional and behavioural problems, as a result of attachment difficulties which may have been rooted in early life trauma. It is now closed and been sold.[3] In 2017, Thornby Hall became home to a Buddhist community and public meditation centre.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Thornby, Northamptonshire) |
References
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Thornby.
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, 1961; 1973 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3
- ↑ Thornby Hall at Childhood First website - has pictures of the Hall and grounds. Accessed 31 January 2013
