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,<ref>Office for National Statistics: Thornby CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 24 November 2009</ref> increasing to 189 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The village is bisected by the A5199 (formerly A50) road between Northampton and Leicester and about Template:Convert 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'.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref name = "Pevsner">Template:Cite book</ref>
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.<ref>Thornby Hall at Childhood First website - has pictures of the Hall and grounds. Accessed 31 January 2013</ref> 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.<ref name = "Pevsner"/>