Simpson (St. Nicholas)

SIMPSON (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Newport-Pagnell, hundred of Newport, county of Buckingham, 1½ mile (N. by E.) from Fenny-Stratford; containing 585 inhabitants. It is bounded on the southeast by a branch of the river Ouse, and intersected by the Grand Junction canal. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £17. 6. 8., and in the gift of Sir John Hanmer, Bart.: the tithes were commuted for land in 1770. The church is a handsome structure in the Norman style, and contains a fine monument to Sir T. Salden Hanmer and his lady. Thomas Pigot, in 1573, bequeathed property now producing a rental of about £50, for the poor.