BRADENHAM, a parish in the hundred of DESBOROUGH,
county of BUCKINGHAM, 4 miles (N. W. by
N.) from High Wycombe, containing 220 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Buckingham, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the
king's books at £5. 3. 9., endowed with £200 private
benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of J. Hicks, Esq. The church is dedicated to
St. Botolph. Catherine Pye, by deed dated in 1713, gave
land for the instruction of children in this and four
other parishes.