IVER, a parish in the hundred of STOKE, county
of BUCKINGHAM, 2 miles (N.N.E.) from Colnbrook,
containing 1663 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and "diocese
of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at & 13. 6. 8.>
endowed with £800 parliamentary grant. The Rt.
Hon. J. Sullivan was patron in 1805. The church is
dedicated to St. Peter. A market to be held here was
granted to Lord Neville in 1351, and confirmed to the
Dean and Canons of Windsor in 1461, together with
two fairs: the market has been long disused, but a
small fair is still held on July 10th. Courts leet and
baron are held every two years. The river Colne runs
through the parish, to the eastward of which passes
the Grand Junction canal, upon which there is a continual
traffic, principally in coal and grain; here, is also a
paper-mill. Upwards of a century ago Robert Bowyer
founded a free school, and endowed it with money, now
producing1 about £21 per annum; it was enlarged in
1823, when the National system of instruction was introduced.
Oliver Cromwell resided at Thorney, and
Queen Elizabeth at Rycots; the latter is now a farmhouse,
surrounded by a moat. There is also a house at
Richings, in this parish, formerly in the possession of
the Duchess of Somerset, and the resort of Pope with
the wits of that age: an adjoining walk is known by
the name of Pope's walk.