Hitcham, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide
Hitcham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1559
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1575
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HITCHAM, a parish in Eton district, Bucks; on the river Thames, at the boundary with Berks, adjacent to the Great Western railway, 2 miles NE by E of Maidenhead. Post town, Maidenhead. Acres, 1, 370. Real property, £2, 093. Pop., 205. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. Hitcham House was the seat of the Clerkes; and was visited, in 1602, by Queen Elizabeth.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £364. Patron, Eton College. The church has stained windows; is ancient but very good; and contains two brasses of the 16th century, and a monument of Friend, the author of a “History of Physic.” There is a charity school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Hitcham Marriages 1559 to 1812
Parish Records
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Buckinghamshire Historical Directories
Maps
Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Buckinghamshire
- Civil Registration District: Eton
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham
- Diocese: Pre-1845 – Lincoln, Post-1844 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Burnham
- Poor Law Union: Eton
- Hundred: Burnham
- Province: Canterbury