Thame, Oxfordshire

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Thame is a town in Oxfordshire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Thame within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Thame in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Thame.-- market town and par., Oxfordshire, on river Thame, 15¼ miles E. of Oxford and 48 miles NW. of London by rail, 5229 ac., pop. 3267; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Tuesday. Thame dates from Roman times, has remains of an abbey founded in 1138, and contains the house in which John Hampden (1594-1643) died.

Thame in the Domesday Book

A village in Thame hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

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