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The River Thame is a river in Southern England. A tributary of the River Thames, the river runs generally south-westward for about from its source above the Buckinghamshire town of Aylesbury to the Thames in south-east Oxfordshire.
The river passes by the 21st century small suburb of Watermead and around the north and west of Aylesbury, passing through farmland to the villages of Nether Winchendon and Chearsley before reaching the market town of Thame with which it shares its name. Thame is about east of Oxford and grew from an Anglo-Saxons settlement beside the river. In Anglo-Saxon England, Thame is a recorded place in records of the Diocese of Dorchester.
At Holton mill the Thame turns southward and after passing the villages of Great Milton and Stadhampton, its valley widens. In this area in 1642 and 1643, the river acted as a line of defence for Royalist Oxford. The bridges at Wheatley, Cuddesdon Mill and Chiselhampton were key crossing points, with Chiselhampton Bridge playing a critical part in Prince Rupert's movements before and after the Battle of Chalgrove Field. History of the Great Civil War: 1642-1644 Vol 1 by Samuel R Gardiner
In the far south of that parish, south of the town centre, the Thame flows into the River Thames, between Day's Lock and Benson Lock.
The upper River Thames has an alternative name, the Isis, up to the point where it reaches this confluence.Ordnance Survey maps: marked River Thames or Isis.
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