LECKHAMPSTEAD, a parish in the hundred of BUCKINGHAM, and
county of BUCKINGHAM, 3 miles (N. E. by N.) from
Buckingham, containing 519 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese
of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £ 15.13.4.,
and in the patronage of John Beauclerk, Esq. The
church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains an octagonal
font, ornamented with representations of the Crucifixion,
St. Catherine, &c., rudely executed in basso relievo.
There is an endowment of £15 per annum for a free
school. This parish is divided into Church-end, Northend,
and Lymes'-end; within its limits there is a chalybeate
spring.