Thornby is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

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in England. It has a

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. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 162 people, increasing to 189 at the 2011 Census. The village is bisected by the

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(formerly A50) road between

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and

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and about north-west of

town centre. It is about 1½ miles (2½ km) south of a junction with the A14 road which joins the

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and M6 junction at

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with

Felixstowe Felixstowe ( ) is a port town and civil parish in the East Suffolk District, East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The estimated population in 2017 was 24,521. The Port of Felixstowe is the largest Containerization, containe ...

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. The village's name means 'farm/settlement with thorn trees'.

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. Thornby Hall is located off

Naseby Naseby is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Census was 687. The village is north of Northa ...

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.Thornby Hall at Childhood First website - has pictures of the Hall and grounds. Accessed 31 January 2013
/ref> In 2017, Thornby Hall became home t
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

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style.

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