THORNTON, a parish in the hundred of BUCKINGHAM, and county
of BUCKINGHAM, 4 miles (E. N. E.) from Buckingham,
containing 78 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, m
the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £11. 16. 3., and in
the patronage of Sir T. C. Sheppard, Bart. The church
is dedicated to St. Michael. William Bredon, who died
rector of this parish in 1638, was celebrated for his
skill in calculating nativities, and had a share in composing
Sir Christopher Haydon's Judicial Astrology.