WADDESDON, a parish in the hundred of ASHENDON,
county of BUCKINGHAM, 5 miles (W. N. W.) from
Aylesbury, containing, with the hamlets of Westcott and
Woodham, 1616 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in three portions, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham,
and diocese of Lincoln, each rated in the king's books
at £ 15, and all in the patronage of the Duke of Marlborough.
The church is dedicated to St. Michael:
the three portionists officiate alternately. There are
places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists.
Lewis Fetto, in 1724, bequeathed property of the annual
value of about £ 10, for teaching and apprenticing poor
children. Almshouses for six poor people were founded,
in 1642, by Arthur Goodwin, with an endowment of
£30 per annum.