Thornton, Buckinghamshire

Thornton
Thornton  Thornton shown within Buckinghamshire
Population	194 [1]
OS grid reference	SP7536
Civil parish	Thornton
District	Aylesbury Vale
Shire county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Milton Keynes
Postcode district	MK17
Dialling code	01280
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Buckingham
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Thornton is a village and civil parish on the River Great Ouse about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire.

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 drastically restored between 1770 and 1800^[2] and largely rebuilt by the Gothic Revival architect John Tarring in 1850.^[3] The restorers retained a number of mediaeval features, including the 14th-century belltower, chancel arch and clerestory and 15th century clerestory windows.^[2]

The Tudor Revival Thornton House was also built to John Tarring's designs in 1850.^[3] It incorporates parts of a mediaeval house that was modernised in the 18th century.^[3]

Thornton College

Thornton College School for Girls, an independent day and boarding school, occupies the former Manor House. The school educates girls aged 4 - 16 and has a nursery for boys and girls aged 2½ to 4. Since the Sisters of Jesus and Mary (a religious order (Roman Catholic)), purchased the site in 1917, there have been a significant number of new developments at the school, most recently an award winning Science and Junior Classroom wing (AVDC Outstanding Design Award). The school now has over 370 pupils. ^[4]

References

Sources

• Page, William (ed.) (1927). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. 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. 

External links

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