Description
Thenford, a small village and a parish in Northamptonshire, near Farthinghoe station on the Banbury and Bletchley section of the L. & N.W.R., and 5 1/2 miles NW of Brackley. Post town and telegraph office, Banbury; money order office, Middleton Cheney. Acreage, 1028; population, 129. The manor, with Thenford House, a mansion of stone standing in extensive grounds, belongs to the Seveme family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £60 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient building of stone in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, N porch, and an embattled western tower. It has a fine tomb of the 16th century.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
