Radnage (St. Mary)
RADNAGE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Wycombe, hundred of Desborough. county of Buckingham, 3 miles (E. N. E.) from Stokenchurch; containing 401 inhabitants. It comprises 1254 acres, of which about 800 are arable, 231 grass-land, 73 wood, and the remainder common. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £6. 13. 11½., and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, £220. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. A fund of about £24 per annum, arising from bequests, is appropriated to the poor.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.