Winchendon, Upper (St. Mary Magdalene)
WINCHENDON, UPPER (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the union of Aylesbury, hundred of Ashendon, county of Buckingham, 6 miles (W. by N.) from Aylesbury; containing 218 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 1197 acres, of which the soil is generally a light and yellow mould. The living is a donative, valued in the king's books at £7. 17.; net income, £60; patron and impropriator, the Duke of Marlborough.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.
