PIGLESTHORNE, a parish in the hundred of COTTESLOE, county of BUCKINGHAM, 1 mile (S. by W.) from Ivinghoe, containing, with the chapelry of Nettleden with Friesden,. 461 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Lincoln, endowed with £600 royal bounty, and £400 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Trustees-of the late Earl of Bridgewater. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The Grand Junction canal passes through the parish.