PASSENHAM, a parish in the hundred of CLELEY,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 1 mile (S. by W.) from Stony-
Stratford, containing, with the hamlet of Denshanger
and part of that of Old Stratford, 753 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton,
and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at
£ 20, and in the patronage of Lord Viscount Maynard.
The church is dedicated to St. Guthlake. The Buckingham
canal passes through the parish. Six poor
children are educated for £2. 10. a year, arising from
a rent-charge bequeathed by John Swannell, in 1?07
This is mentioned in the Saxon Chronicle as the place
where the army of Edward the Elder lay whilst he was
fortifying Towcester against the Danes. Shrob Lodge,
in this parish, was the seat of the learned and industrious
antiquary, Browne Willis, Esq.