Thornby, Northamptonshire

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Thornby is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. It has a Manor house. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 162 people,^[1] increasing to 189 at the 2011 Census.^[2] The village is bisected by the A5199 (formerly A50) road between Northampton and Leicester and about 11 miles (17.7 km) north-west of Northampton town centre. It is about 1½ miles (2½ km) south of a junction with the A14 road which joins the M1 Motorway and M6 junction at Catthorpe with Felixstowe, Suffolk.

The village's name means 'farm/settlement with thorn trees'.^[3]

Notable buildings

The parish church is dedicated to St. Helen and is described by Pevsner as of little architectural interest. It dates from the 14th century and additions and re-building took place in 1870 by E F Law.^[4]

Thornby Hall is located off Naseby road and carries 17th century, with 19th- and 20th-century additions, for its Tudor style. The house and grounds were used as a school for young people with severe emotional and behavioural problems, as a result of attachment difficulties which may have been rooted in early life trauma. It is now closed and been sold.^[5] In 2017, Thornby Hall became home to Nagarjuna Kadampa Meditation Centre, a Kadampa Buddhist community and public meditation centre.

Stone House is c. 1700 and Thornby Grange was built in 1911 in the Stuart style.^[4]

References

^ Office for National Statistics: Thornby CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 24 November 2009
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ "Key to English Place-names".
^ ^a ^b Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 426–427. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Thornby Hall at Childhood First website - has pictures of the Hall and grounds. Accessed 31 January 2013