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Wendover in Buckingham County England History and GeographyWENDOVER, an unincorporated borough, market town, and parish, in the hundred of AYLESBURY, county of BUCKINGHAM, 23 miles (S.E. by S.) from Buckingham, and 35 (N.W. by W.) from London, containing 1602 inhabitants. The manor was given by Henry II. to Faramus de Boulogne, and it was subsequently in the possession of the Fiennes; Sir John Molins; Alice Perrers, a favourite of Edward III.; Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent; Edward, Duke of York, in 1388 (between which period and 1564, it was held either by the queen or some branch of the royal family); and Sir Francis Knollys and Catherine his wife: in 1660 it was purchased by the Hampden family, and continued in their possession until the decease of the late lord. The town, situated at the foot of the Chiltern hills, near the entrance to the Vale of Aylesbury, is indifferently built, containing but few good houses; the inhabitants are well supplied with water from wells. Many of the females are engaged in making lace and straw-plat. A branch of the Grand Junction canal extends to the town, and affords a medium of conveyance for coal from Staffordshire; it passes near a reservoir in the neighbourhood, extending over seventy acres. A market was granted in 1403, and confirmed in 1464, with two fairs: the former is on Monday; and the latter are held May 13th and October 2nd, chiefly for cattle. Wendover; which is a borough by prescription, returned members to parliament from the 28th of Edward I. to the 2nd of Edward II.; at which period the right ceased, and, after a discontinuance of more than four hundred years, was restored through the exertions of Mr. Hakeville, a barrister; who, on examining the parliamentary writs in the Tower, in the 21st of James I., discovered that Amersham, Wendover, and Great Marlow, had all sent representatives. Petitions were accordingly presented from these places; and, notwithstanding the opposition of the monarch, who declared that 'he was troubled with too many burgesses already.' the commons decreed the renewal of the privilege. The right of election is vested in housekeepers not receiving alms: the number of voters is about one hundred and thirty; and the constables, chosen at the court leet of the manor, are the returning officers: the influence of Lord Carrington is predominant. Hampden, the celebrated patriot, represented this borough in five successive parliaments. Courts leet and baron are held occasionally. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £12. 16. 1., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, stands about a quarter of a mile from the town: the remains of a chapel, dedicated to St. John, have been taken down. There are places of worship for Baptists and Independents. A school for the instruction of twenty poor children was endowed, in 1723, by William Hill. A National school, established in 1816, is supported by voluntary contributions, and held over the market-house in High-street. Roger de Wendover, a monk of St. Albans, and historiographer to Henry II.; and Richard, Bishop of Rochester, in the reign of Henry III.; were natives of this place. The Iknield way runs through the parish, in which some Roman coins have been found. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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