Thorpe Mandeville is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England about northeast of Banbury in neighbouring Oxfordshire. The hamlet of Lower Thorpe is just north of the village.

The village's name means 'Outlying farm/settlement'. The village was held by Richard de Amundevill in 1252.

The population of the parish has grown slowly over the centuries. It was recorded as 137 in the 1801 Census, 178 in the 1991 Census, 194 in the 2001 Census and 327 (including Edgcote) in the 2011 Census. The current ironstone manor house was built early in the 18th century. The south front of the house is of five bays The north aisle has Decorated Gothic windows and an arcade of three bays. cast the second bell in 1636. John Briant of Hertford

Social and economic history

Thorpe Mandeville had a Church of England school that was built in 1864 and enlarged in 1898. It was closed in 1967 and the building has been the village hall since 1970.

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Amenities

The village has a public house, the Three Conies, that is controlled by the Hook Norton Brewery. Thorpe Mandeville is on an important former drovers' road called Banbury Lane. The Three Conies was built in the 17th century as a drovers' inn, providing overnight accommodation for drovers and their livestock.

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