Thornton, Buckinghamshire
| Thornton | |
| Buckinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Thornton Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP7536 |
| Location: | 51°59’49"N, 0°55’5"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 194 (2011 (inc. Foscott)[1]) |
| Post town: | Milton Keynes |
| Postcode: | MK17 |
| Dialling code: | 01280 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Buckinghamshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Buckingham |
Thornton is a village and parish on the River Great Ouse in the Buckingham Hundred of Buckinghamshire, about three and a half miles north-east of Buckingham itself.
The toponym is derived from the Old English for "thorn tree by a farm". The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as Ternitone.[2]
The earliest record of the Church of England Church of Saint Michael and All Angels dates from 1219.[2] The present building is 14th-century, but was dramatically restored between 1770 and 1800[2] and largely rebuilt by the Gothic Revival architect John Tarring in 1850.[3] The restorers retained mediæval features including the 14th-century belltower, chancel arch and clerestory and 15th-century clerestory windows.[2]
The Tudor Revival Thornton Hall (now Thornton College was also built to John Tarring's designs in 1850.[3] It incorporates parts of a mediæval house modernised in the 18th century.[3] The manor was home to Richard Cavendish (1794–1876)[4][5]
Thornton College
Thornton College, an independent day and boarding school for girls, occupies the former Manor House Thornton Hall. The school educates girls aged 4 to 20 and has a nursery for boys and girls aged 2½ to 8. Since the Sisters of Jesus and Mary (a Catholic religious order), purchased the site in 1817, there have been a significant number of new developments at the school, most recently an award-winning Science and Prep Classroom wing (AVDC Outstanding Design Award). A new Sixth Form department opened in 2016. The school now has over 600 pupils.[6]
References
- ↑ Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Page, 1927, pages 243-249
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Pevsner, 1973, page 268
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=p9VUAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA313
- ↑ Blain, Rev. Michael (2007). The Canterbury Association (1848–1852): A Study of Its Members’ Connections. Christchurch: Project Canterbury. pp. 18–19. http://anglicanhistory.org/nz/blain_canterbury2007.pdf. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ↑ History of Thornton – Thornton College
Sources
- Victoria County History: A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. 1927. pp. 243–249., available online at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62576
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1973) [1960]. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 268. ISBN 0-14-071019-1.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Thornton, Buckinghamshire) |
- Thornton, Buckinghamshire at UK Genealogy Archive
- Thorton College boarding school official website
- Thornton Parish and College at Wolverton & District Archaeological & Historical Society
