Hitcham, Buckinghamshire

St Mary's, Hitcham

Hitcham is an ancient parish in the Burnham Hundred of Buckinghamshire with a village that is now indistinguishable from Burnham itself. It is no longer marked on Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 maps as a separate settlement. It is to the west of Burnham, close to the village of Taplow, and adjacent to the common on which Burnham Beeches stands.

The village name 'Hitcham' is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Hycga's homestead'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Hucheham.

The civil parish of Hitcham was abolished in 1934, with the urban part annexed to Burnham, and the rural areas annexed to surrounding civil parishes.

The road Hitcham Lane still exists, and features Hitcham House, a large Manor House, now subdivided into several private residential properties.

References

• Vision of Britain

Outside links

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• Location map: 51°32’5"N, -0°41’48"W