Thornton, Buckinghamshire
Coordinates: 51°59′49″N 0°55′05″W / 51.997°N 0.918°W
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 dramatically 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, an independent day and boarding school for girls, 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 Roman Catholic religious order), 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
Media related to Thornton, Buckinghamshire at Wikimedia Commons
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