FARNHAM-ROYAL, a parish in the hundred of
BURNHAM, county of BUCKINGHAM, 3 miles (N.) from
Eton, containing, with the hamlets of Hedgerley-Dean
and Seer-Green, and a portion of Salt-hill, 1149 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Buckingham, and diocese of Lincoln, rated
in the king's books at £12. 16. 0., and in the patronage
of the Provost and Fellows of Eton College.
The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a place
of worship for Dissenters. Mrs. Elizabeth Hetherington,
in 1777, gave £ 140 towards the foundation of a
school, the proceeds of which, with sundry contributions,
have been recently appropriated to the erection
of a school-house.