Wingrave, (St. Peter and St. Paul)

WINGRAVE, (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the union of Aylesbury, hundred of Cottesloe, county of Buckingham, 5½ miles (N. E.) from Aylesbury; containing, with the hamlet of Rowsham, 814 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £9. 9. 7., and in the patronage of the Trustees of the Earl of Bridgewater; net income, £98; impropriator, O. Oldham, Esq. There is a place of worship for Independents. At Rowsham was formerly a chapel, dedicated to St. Lawrence. Thomas Pratt, in 1615, bequeathed property now producing a rental of £35, to be distributed among the poor of the parishes and hamlets of Wingrave, Wing, Mentmore, Cheddington, Bettlow, and Aldwick. Some property known as Bailey's House Gift, let for £17. 10. per annum, is applied to repairing the church.