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AN INLAND COUNTY of England. It is bounded on the north by Northamptonshire; on the East by Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Middlesex; on the South by Berkshire, and on the West by Oxfordshire. Its shape is oblong, being about fifty miles in length and sixteen in breadth. It has eight hundreds; namely, Ashendon, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Burnham, Cottesloe, Desborough, Newport, and Stoke. Its

principal RIVERS are, the Thames, the Ouse, and the Colne. It is divided from Berkshire by the Thames. It has fifteen MARKET Towns; namely, Buckingham and Aylesbury, which share between them the honour belonging to the county town; Amersham, Beaconsfield, Chesham, Colnbrook, Ivinghoe, Newport-Pagnell, Olney, Risborough, Stoney-Stratford, Wendover, Wycombe, Winslow, Great Marlow. This county sends two members to parliament, and two members are also sent from each of the following boroughs of this county; Buckingham, Aylesbury, Chipping. Wycombe, Wendover, Great Marlow, Agmondesham, or Amersham, making the whole number of members for the county, twelve. It is in the PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY, principally in the DIOCESE OF LINCOLN, but is partly in those of Canterbury and London, and it is in the NORFOLK CIRCUIT. It contains 740 square miles, or 473,600 acres, and 202 parishes. It had 27 public charities; it has now 1 parish with no church, 17 parishes, with less than 100 inhabitants in each, and 23 parishes without parsonage houses, besides 28 parishes in which the parsonage houses are reported by the incumbents to be unfit for them to reside in. poor-rates of this county, according to a return laid before Parliament in 1818, were '165,321l. 15s. 114d.; the number of paupers, 14,934; the rental of the county, 644,1294. 12s. 11d. The population, according to a return made to parliament in 1821, is 134,068; the number of inhabited houses in the county, 24,876; of uninhabited houses, 549; the poor-rates bear towards the rental of the county the proportion of one quarter; the number of paupers, compared with the number of houses, is

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one to every two houses; the poorrates of the county in 1776 were 31,130l.; the number of persons to every square mile of this county is 181; the number of acres to a person, 3; the number of acres to every house, 15. In the year 1821 the male population was 64,867; the number of families employed in agriculture, 16,640; the number of families employed in handicraft, 8,318; the number of other families, 3,909; the number of agricultural males, $7,391; the number of able labourers, 18,695; the number of acres of land in the whole county to every able labourer, 34. The southern part of the county is princi pally taken up with what are called the Chiltern Hills, which are composed of chalk, covered, in many places, with beech woods. According to ancient historians, this district was almost all forest. It is calculated that, even now, the South-western part of the county is occupied to the extent of full one-sixth with beech woods. The Chiltern Hills stretch across from Bedfordshire to Ox. fordshire, entering Buckinghamshire a little distance above Tring in Hertfordshire, and taking a sweep round by Prince's-Risborough to Chipping-Wycombe, and then into Oxfordshire. This rich vale of Aylesbury lies under these hills, and is composed, for the greater part, of a rich, deep loam, exceeded by no district in England for its fertility. The northern part of the county is of a more mixed character: there is much good land in it, and a good deal of clay; but it partakes, in many places, of the sandy nature of the adjoining part of the county of Bedford. There is not much waste land in Buckinghamshire: Wickham Heath, of about 1500 acres, Iver Heath, about 1150 acres, and Stoke Heath, about 1600 acres, are the three most considerable wastes. The agriculture of the hills is wheat, barley, and oats; that of the vale of Aylesbury, grazing, with corncrops, and that of the northern part of the county, grazing, corn-growing, and woodland. The cattle of this county are not peculiar to it; the horses are black, and of the half-cart, half-coach breed the neat cattle that are fatted here are brought out of Lincolnshire,

only about 140 voters, who dispose of their votes in a manner, and for consideration, such as it is unnecessary to describe, it being as "notorious as the sun at noon-day." Market, Tues. and Fri.; fairs, Tues. before Easter; June 24 for horses, Sept. 29 for hiring servants, Dec. 17 for fat hogs. Popula. 2,093.

WANTAGE, seated on a branch of the

Ock, in the hundred of Wantage, 59 miles W. from London, and 21 N.W. from Reading. Market, Satur. Fairs, first Satur. in March for horses, cows, pigs, and cattle; first Satur. in May, same; July 18 same and cherries; Oct. 10 and 17 horses, cows, pigs, cheese, hops, and hiring servants. This town has the high honour of having been the birth-place of ALFRED the Great. Popula. 3,256.

WARFIELD, 4 miles N.E. from Oaking.

ham. Popula. 1,155.

WARGRAVE, 5 miles N. from Oakingham. Popula. 1,409.

WASING, 6 miles S.E. from Newbury.
Popula. 68.

WATCHFIELD, in Shrivenham parish,
and popula. included therein, 4 miles
S.W. from Farringdon.
WATER-OAKLEY, in the parish of Bray.
Popula. included therein.
WELFORD, 5 miles N.W. from Newbury.
Popula. 1,058.

WESTBROOK.-See Boxford.

WEST GINGE.-See Betterton.

WHATCOMBE.-See Fawley.

William the Conqueror, and also a most magnificent Collegiate Church, usually called St. George's Chapel. The vaults of this church have been the burialplace of the royal family from Hen. VIII. downwards; and the castle has generally been a place of residence for all the kings successively. It is a corporate and borough town, having a mayor, two bailiffs, and twenty-eight burgesses. The right of election is in the inhabitants paying scot and lot; and the number of voters about 300. It consists of two parishes, one called Old and the other New Windsor, besides the Castle and the Lower Court. Market on Satur.; fairs, Easter-Tues. for horses and cattle, July 5 for horses, cattle, sheep, and wool, Oct. 24 for horses and cattle. Popula. 5,698. WINKFIELD with Ascot, 3 miles S.W. from Windsor. Popula. 1,676. WINNERSH, in Hurst parish, and popula. included therein, 4 miles from Oakingham.

WINTERBOURN, in the parish of Chieveley, 34 miles N.N.W. from Newbury. Popula. returned with Chieveley. WITTENHAM (Little), 4 miles S.E. from Abingdon. Popula. 107. WITTENHAM (Long), 5 miles S.E. from

Abingdon. Popula. 496. WOKEFIELD, in Strathfield-Mortimer parish, and popula. returned therein. WOLSTONE, in Uffington parish, and po pula. included therein, 4 miles from Wantage.

Maidenhead. Popula. 795. WHISTLEY-HURST, in the parish of Hurst, 5 miles E. by N. from Reading. Popula. included with Hurst.

WHITLEY, in the parish of Cumner. Popula. included therein. WHITLEY, in St. Giles parish, Reading, 1 mile from Reading, and popula. included therein.

WINDSOR, seated on the Thames, in the hundred of Ripplesmere, 23 miles W. from London, and 15 E. from Reading. Here is a magnificent castle, first built by

gerford. Popula. 144.

WOODSPEEN and BAGNOR, in the pa-
rish of Speen, 2 miles from Newbury.
Popula. included in Speen.
WOOLEY.-See Chaddleworth.
WOOLHAMPTON, 8 miles S.W. from
Reading. Popula. 387.

WOOTTON, in the parish of Cumner. Popula. included therein.

WYNTHAM, 7 miles N. from Abingdon. Popula. 241.

YATTENDON, 6 miles N.E. from Newbury. Popula. 230. Fair, Oct. 13.

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AN INLAND COUNTY of England. It is bounded on the north by Northamptonshire; on the East by Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Middlesex; on the South by Berkshire, and on the West by Oxfordshire. Its shape is oblong, being about fifty miles in length and sixteen in breadth. It has eight hundreds; namely, Ashendon, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Burnham, Cottesloe, Desborough, Newport, and Stoke. Its principal RIVERS are, the Thames, the Ouse, and the Colne. It is divided from Berkshire by the Thames. It has fifteen MARKET Towns; namely, Buckingham and Aylesbury, which share between them the honour belonging to the county town; Amersham, Beaconsfield, Chesham, Colnbrook, Ivinghoe, Newport-Pagnell, Olney, Risborough, Stoney-Stratford, Wendover, Wycombe, Winslow, Great Marlow. This county sends two members to parliament, and two members are also sent from each of the following boroughs of this county; Buckingham, Aylesbury, ChippingWycombe, Wendover, Great Marlow, Agmondesham, or Amersham, making the whole number of members for the county, twelve. It is in the PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY, principally in the DIOCESE OF LINCOLN, but is partly in those of Canterbury and London, and it is in the NORFOLK CIRCUIT. It contains 740 square miles, or 473,600 acres, and 202 parishes. It had 27 public charities; it has now 1 parish with no church, 17 parishes, with less than 100 inhabitants in each, and 23 parishes without parsonage houses, besides 28 parishes in which the parsonage houses are reported by the incumbents to be unfit for them to reside in. poor-rates of this county, according to a return laid before Parliament in 1818, were 165,321l. 15s. 11d. ; the number of paupers, 14,934; the rental of the county, 644,129. 128. 11d. The population, according to a return made to parliament in 1821, is 134,068; the number of inhabited houses in the county, 24,876; of uninhabited houses, 549; the poor-rates bear towards the rental of the county the proportion of one quarter; the number of paupers, compared with the number of houses, is

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one to every two houses; the poorrates of the county in 1776 were 31,130l.; the number of persons to every square mile of this county is 181; the number of acres to a person, 3; the number of acres to every house, 15. In the year 1821 the male population was 64,867 ; the number of families employed in agriculture, 16,640; the number of families employed in handicraft, 8,318; the number of other families, 3,909; the number of agricultural males, 37,391; the number of able labourers, 18,695; the number of acres of land in the whole county to every able labourer, 34. The southern part of the county is princi pally taken up with what are called the Chiltern Hills, which are composed of chalk, covered, in many places, with beech woods. According to ancient historians, this district was almost all forest. It is calculated that, even now, the South-western part of the county is occupied to the extent of full one-sixth with beech woods. The Chiltern Hills stretch across from Bedfordshire to Ox. fordshire, entering Buckinghamshire a little distance above Tring in Hertfordshire, and taking a sweep round by Prince's-Risborough to Chipping-Wy. combe, and then into Oxfordshire. This rich vale of Aylesbury lies under these hills, and is composed, for the greater part, of a rich, deep loam, exceeded by no district in England for its fertility. The northern part of the county is of a more mixed character: there is much good land in it, and a good deal of clay; but it partakes, in many places, of the sandy nature of the adjoining part of the county of Bedford. There is not much waste land in Buckinghamshire: Wickham Heath, of about 1500 acres, Iver Heath, about 1150 acres, and Stoke Heath, about 1600 acres, are the three most considerable wastes. The agriculture of the hills is wheat, barley, and oats; that of the vale of Aylesbury, grazing, with corncrops, and that of the northern part of the county, grazing, corn-growing, and woodland. The cattle of this county are not peculiar to it; the horses are black, and of the half-cart, half-coach breed the neat cattle that are fatted here are brought out of Lincolnshire,

having a bailiff and twelve capital burgesses. It sends two members to parliament. The number of voters, 13. Market, Satur.; fairs, Mon. se'nnight after the Epiphany (old style), Mar. 7 (if leap year) Mar. 6, May 6, WhitThurs., July 10, Sept. 4, Oct. 2, Satur. after Old Michaelmas, statute and cattle, Nov. 8 for cattle. Popula. 3,465. BURNHAM, 4 miles S.W. from Beaconsfield. It had an Augustine Nunnery, founded in the year 1265, by Richard, King of the Romans; yearly value 91l. 5s. 11 d., now worth 1825l. 19s. 2d., granted, 36 Hen. VIII., to William Tyldesley. Fairs, Feb. 25, May 1 for horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs, Oct. 2 for horses, cattle, hogs, and for hiring servants. Popula. 1,918.

CALVERTON, 1 mile S. from Stony-Stratford. Popula. 370.

CASTLE-THORPE, 3 miles W. from

Newport-Pagnell. Popula. 348. CAVERSFIELD, 7 miles S.W. from

Buckingham. Popula. 280. CHACKMORE.-See Radclive. CHALFONT (St. Giles), 2 miles S.E. from Amersham. Popula. 1,104. CHALFONT (St. Peter's), 24 miles N.E. from Beaconsfield. Fair, Sept. 4, for pedlary. Popula. 1,351. CHALVEY.-See Upton.

CHARNDON, in Troyford parish, and popula. included therein, 34 miles from Bicester.

CHURCH-END, in Shenley parish, and
popula. included therein.
CLAYDON (East), 14 miles S.W. from
Winslow. Popula. 339.
CLAYDON (Middle), 3 miles S.W. from
Winslow. Popula. 160.
CLIFTON-REYNES, 1 mile E. from Olney.
Popula. 230.

COLNBROOK, seated on the river Coln, 17 miles S.E. from London. Popula. is divided amongst the parishes of Horton, Iver, Langley-Marish, and part of Stanley, the last being in Middlesex, Colnbrook being no parish of itself. Market, Tues., fairs, April 5, May 5, horses, cattle, and sheep.

CRAWLEY (North), 3 miles E. from Newport-Pagnell. Popula. 775. CRENDON (Long), 7 miles S.W. from

Aylesbury. Near this place there was an Abbey of Augustine Canons, founded in the year 1162, by Walter Gifford, Earl of Buckingham, and Ermangard his lady; yearly revenue 4951. 18s. 54d.; now worth 9,918l. 9s. 2d.; granted, 1 Edw. VI., to Sir William Paget. Popula. 1,212. CRESLOW, 4 miles S.E. from Winslow. Popula. 5.

CUBLINGTON, 5 miles N.W. from Ivinghoe. Popula. 259.

CUDDINGTON, 4 miles S. W. from Ayles. bury. Popula. 547.

DATCHET, 7 miles S. from Beaconsfield. Popula. 839.

bury. Popula. 263.

CHEDDINGTON, 1 mile N. from Ivinghoe. Popula. 341.

CHENIES, 3 miles E. from Amersham. Popula. 595.

CHESHAM, in the hundred of Burnham, 29 N.W. from London, and 14 S.E. from Aylesbury. Market, Wed.; fairs, April 21, July 22, Sept. 28, for cattle. Popula. 5,032.

CHESHAM (Bois), 1 mile S.E. from Chesham. Popula. 160.

CHETWOOD, 4 miles S.W. from Buckingham. Popula. 131.

field. Popula. 1,189.

DINTON, 3 miles S.W. from Aylesbury. Popula. 817.

DORNEY, 6 miles S.W. from Beaconsfield. Popula. 279.

DORTON, 7 miles W. from Aylesbury.
DRAYTON-BEAUCHAMP, 2 miles S.
Popula. 133.
from Ivinghoe. Popula. 272.
DRAYTON-PAKSLOW, 3 miles S. from
Fenny-Stratford. Popula. 372.

DUNTON, 2 miles S.E. from Winslow.
Popula. 98.

EASINGTON.-See Chilton.

Pagnell. Popula. 219.

Popula. 160.

over. Popula. 581.