STOWE, a parish in the hundred of BUCKINGHAM, and county of
BUCKINGHAM, 2 miles (N. N. W.) from Buckingham,
containing, with the extra-parochial liberty of Luffield-
Abbey, 478 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the
archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £11. 14. 7., and in the
patronage of the Duke of Buckingham. The church is
dedicated to St. Mary. There is a place of worship for
Wesleyan Methodists. Stowe is celebrated for the
princely mansion of the Duke of Buckingham. Hani"'
mond, the elegiac poet, died whilst on a visit here, in 1742.