Place:Thornton, Buckinghamshire, England

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NameThornton
Alt namesTernitonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 44
TypeVillage
Coordinates52.0°N 0.9°W
Located inBuckinghamshire, England
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Thornton is a village and civil parish on the River Great Ouse about 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.[1]

The earliest record of the Church of England Church of Saint Michael and All Angels dates from 1219. The present building is 14th-century, but was drastically restored between 1770 and 1800[1] and largely rebuilt by the Gothic Revival architect John Tarring in 1850. The restorers retained a number of mediaeval features, including the 14th-century belltower, chancel arch and clerestory and 15th century clerestory windows.[1]

The Tudor Revival Thornton House was also built to John Tarring's designs in 1850.[2] It incorporates parts of a mediaeval house that was modernised in the 18th century.[2]

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