Template:Wp-Thornton, Buckinghamshire

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Thornton is a village and civil parish on the River Great Ouse about north-east of Buckingham in the unitary authority area 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 dramatically restored between 1770 and 1800^[1] and largely rebuilt by the Gothic Revival architect John Tarring in 1850. The restorers retained mediaeval features including the 14th-century belltower, chancel arch and clerestory and 15th century clerestory windows.^[1]

The Tudor Revival Thornton Hall (now Thornton College) was also built to John Tarring's designs in 1850.^[2] It incorporates parts of a medieval house modernised in the 18th century.^[2] The manor was home to Richard Cavendish (1794–1876)