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Risborough (prince's) in Buckingham County England History and GeographyRISBOROUGH (PRINCE'S), a market town and parish in the hundred of AYLESBURY, county of BUCKINGHAM, 6 miles (W. by N.) from Great Missenden, and 37 (W.N.W.) from London, containing 1958 inhabitants. This place, which is situated at the foot of the Chiltern hills, derives its distinguishing appellation from having been the residence of Edward the Black Prince, whose palace is supposed to have stood within the site of a spacious moat, now dry, in a field adjoining the churchyard. The manor had at an early period been granted by the crown to Richard, Earl of Cornwall and King of the Romans, who died in 1272; and at a later date it was assigned to Katherine, queen of Henry V., for her dower; it was sold by Charles I., in 1637, to certain citizens of London. The town, though greatly improved of late, is still badly paved and not lighted; it is abundantly supplied with water from wells. The market was established by charter of Henry III., who also granted the inhabitants other privileges, including exemption from toll, and from attendance at assizes, sessions, &c.; it was formerly on Saturday, but was changed to Thursday, on which day it is now held; it is a pitched market for corn, and pigs and sheep are also brought to it; there is an annual fair for cattle on the 6th of May: the market-house, a small brick building, was rebuilt in 1824: there is a small theatre. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Lincoln, endowed with £8 per annum, and £1100 private benefaction, £200 royal bounty, and £2300 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of John Grubb, Esq. The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure, with a neat spire: it contains some monuments of crusaders, or Knights Templars, stone stalls, and other interesting relics of antiquity: an addition of two hundred and sixty-seven sittings, of which two hundred and forty-two are free, have been recently made, towards defraying the expense of which, the Incorporated Society for building and enlarging churches and chapels contributed £150. There are places of worship fur Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists. Mrs. Chibnall, who formerly owned the manor, gave a sum of money to provide clothing for twenty-four poor women annually. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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