# Thornford

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Village in Dorset, England

Human settlement in England

Thornford Thornford Location within Dorset Population 830 [1] OS grid reference ST604132 Unitary authority Dorset Ceremonial county Dorset Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town SHERBORNE Postcode district DT9 Dialling code 01935 Police Dorset Fire Dorset and Wiltshire Ambulance South Western UK Parliament West Dorset List of places UK England Dorset 50°55′00″N 2°33′49″W / 50.9167°N 2.5635°W / 50.9167; -2.5635

**Thornford** is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in north-west [Dorset](/source/Dorset), [England](/source/England), situated in the [Yeo valley](/source/River_Yeo_(South_Somerset)) 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of [Sherborne](/source/Sherborne). [Dorset County Council](/source/Dorset_County_Council)'s 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the parish is 830.[1]

Thornford is in Thornhackett Parish, a combined parish comprising the villages of Thornford and [Beer Hackett](/source/Beer_Hackett). The Parish Council comprises seven elected members from Thornford and three from Beer Hackett, all of whom serve a four-year term of office.

The village has a general store and [post office](/source/Post_office), a [pub](/source/Public_house), a [primary school](/source/Primary_education),[2] a [Norman church](/source/Norman_architecture),[3] a village hall, a recreation field, a [cricket](/source/Cricket) club and a railway station. [Thornford railway station](/source/Thornford_railway_station) is on the [Heart of Wessex Line](/source/Heart_of_Wessex_Line) running between [Bristol](/source/Bristol) and [Weymouth](/source/Weymouth%2C_Dorset). Thornford is also served by Damory Coaches bus 74 running between [Yeovil](/source/Yeovil) and [Sherborne](/source/Sherborne).There are four buses each way Monday to Friday and no buses run on Saturday nor Sundays

Thornford is mentioned in the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) where it is called *Torneford* and is listed as belonging to the [Bishop of Salisbury](/source/Bishop_of_Salisbury).[4] Archeological finds suggest [Bronze Age](/source/Bronze_Age) or earlier inhabitation.[5] A [Roman villa](/source/Roman_villa) has been excavated close to the village.[6]

There are a number of [Grade II listed buildings](/source/Listed_building) in the village, the centre of which, dominated by a [Victorian](/source/Victorian_architecture) clock tower, was designated a [Conservation area](/source/Conservation_area) in 1994. The most recent Grade II listing (in February 2008) is the [British Telecom](/source/BT_Group) [telephone box](/source/Telephone_booth).[7]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dcc_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dcc_1-1) ["Parish Population Data"](https://www.dorsetforyou.com/344882). Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [(Thornford CEVA)](http://www.thornford.dorset.sch.uk/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [(St. Mary Magdalene)](http://www.bath.ac.uk/~lismd/dorset/churches/thornford.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20051219194357/http://www.bath.ac.uk/~lismd/dorset/churches/thornford.html) 2005-12-19 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Domesday_4-0)** *Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration* London: Penguin, 2003. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-14-143994-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-143994-7) p.1411

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Dorset County Archive

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Thornford, Dorset, England"](http://www.thedorsetpage.com/locations/place/T090.htm). *www.thedorsetpage.com*. Retrieved 8 April 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Telephone Box, Thornford"](http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-502220-telephone-box-thornford-dorset). britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2015.

## External links

- [Thornford CEVA Primary School web site](http://www.thornford.dorset.sch.uk/)

- [St. Mary Magdalene church](https://web.archive.org/web/20051219194357/http://www.bath.ac.uk/~lismd/dorset/churches/thornford.html)

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