Hitcham (St. Mary)
HITCHAM (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Eton, hundred of Burnham, county of Buckingham, 2¼ miles (N. E. by E.) from Maidenhead; containing 267 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £11. 5. 7½.; net income, £364; patrons, the Provost and Fellows of Eton College. The windows in the chancel of the church exhibit a considerable quantity of stained glass, of remarkable brilliancy.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.