This article is about the town in England. For the village near Mount Everest, see Thame, Nepal.

Thame is a market town in Oxfordshire, England on the River Thame between Aylesbury and Oxford, with a population of around 12,000. It is also close to the village of Haddenham. Its name is pronounced "Tame" (silent h).

The town is 14 miles east of Oxford, 10 miles south-west of Aylesbury and 47 miles from London. To the west of Thame the A418 joins with the M40 motorway linking London to Birmingham.

Founded in Anglo-Saxon times, Thame grew up to service local agricultural activity and the nearby Cistercian monastery at Thame Park, suppressed at the reformation. The church of St Mary the Virgin dates from about 1240.

Thame railway station closed in 1963, but the town is now served by Haddenham and Thame Parkway railway station. On the third Thursday of September the town stages the largest one day agricultural show in the United Kingdom.

Famous citizens include courtier Lord Williams of Thame who founded Lord Williams's Grammar School in the town in 1559, and John Hampden.

Thame is home to the famous Robin Gibb of the Beegees

Nearby attractions include:

• Rycote Chapel
• Waterperry Gardens
• Blenheim Palace
• Waddesdon Manor
• Claydon House
• Hughendon Manor
• Bekonscot Model Village
• Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway
• Colleges of the University of Oxford
• Oxford Tourist Attractions
• Chiltern Open Air Museum

Trivia According to J.R.R Tolkien's story Farmer Giles of Ham, Thame got it's name because it the resident tame dragon.

External links

• Thame.net

Towns in Oxfordshire