In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hitcham like this:
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.
Hitcham through time
Hitcham is now part of South Bucks district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Bucks has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hitcham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hitcham, in South Bucks and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3684
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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