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Thenford
Sign in to saveThenford is a village and civil parish about northwest of the market town of Brackley in West Northamptonshire, England, and east of Banbury in nearby Oxfordshire. The 2001 Census recorded the parish population as 74. At the 2011 Census the population of the village remained less than 100 and is included in the civil parish of Middleton Cheney.
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Mary, Thenford, Northamptonshire - geograph.org.uk - 826566.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary's parish church
- UK place.official_name
- Thenford
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP5141
- UK place.population
- 74
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Thenford
- UK place.unitary_england
- West Northamptonshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Northamptonshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Northamptonshire
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Northamptonshire
- Population
- +77
- Image
- St Mary, Thenford, Northamptonshire - geograph.org.uk - 826566.jpg
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- Archaeology
- History
- Parish church
- Notes
- References
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Thenford is a village and civil parish about northwest of the market town of Brackley in West Northamptonshire, England, and east of Banbury in nearby Oxfordshire. The 2001 Census recorded the parish population as 74. At the 2011 Census the population of the village remained less than 100 and is included in the civil parish of Middleton Cheney.
==Archaeology== Traces have been found of a Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement east of the village. Neolithic artefacts found include four flint arrowheads and a fragment of a polished stone axe southeast of the village. Bronze Age artefacts found include a middle Bronze Age palstave and a late Bronze Age hoard at Thenford Hill Farm north of the village that included two swords, four spearheads, two rings and other bronze objects.