Thornborough, Buckinghamshire

Description
Thornborough, a parish, with a large village, in Buckinghamshire, 3 miles E of Buckingham, which is the nearest railway station. It has a post office under Buckingham; money order and telegraph office, Buckingham. Acreage, 2392; population, 564. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belongs to the baronet family of Verney. A large barrow was opened here in 1839, and found to contain some curious Roman gold and bronze relics. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £102 with residence. The church is an ancient building of stone in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave, N aisle, S porch, and an embattled western tower. It has some ancient brasses and memorials. There are Baptist, Congregational, and Wesleyan chapels.