Hitcham, Buckinghamshire

Hitcham was a village in Buckinghamshire, England. Today it is indistinguishable from the extended village of Burnham and is no longer marked on Ordnance Survey 1:50000 maps as a separate settlement.^[1] 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 under a County Review Order, with the urban part going to Burnham parish, a larger but less populous part going to Taplow, and a tiny sliver going to Dorney.

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

References

Vision of Britain

↑ Ordnance Survey 1:50000 image of Hitcham area from Multimap, (retrieved 5 May 2007)

External links

Media related to Hitcham, Buckinghamshire at Wikimedia Commons

South Bucks District

Buckinghamshire County Council elections Beaconsfield Constituency

Towns (component areas and hamlets)	Beaconsfield Holtspur Ledborough Gerrards Cross

Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets)	Burnham Boveney Burnham East Burnham Egypt Hitcham Lent Rise Littleworth Littleworth Common Rose Hill Denham Baker's Wood Denham Denham Garden Village Denham Green Higher Denham New Denham Tatling End Dorney Dorney Dorney Reach Lake End Farnham Royal Farnham Common Farnham Park Farnham Royal Fulmer Hedgerley Hedgerley Hedgerley Dean Hedgerley Green Hedgerley Hill Iver Iver Iver Heath Love Green Richings Park Shreding Green Thorney Stoke Poges Hollybush Hill Stoke Green Stoke Poges Taplow Wexham George Green Middlegreen Wexham

Former districts and boroughs	Beaconsfield Urban District Eton Rural District

Former constituencies	Buckinghamshire County Constituency Eton and Slough Constituency South Buckinghamshire Constituency

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire List of places in Buckinghamshire List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire

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