BIERTON, a parish in the hundred of AYLESBURY,
county of BUCKINGHAM, 1 mile (N. B. by E.) from
Aylesbury, containing, with the hamlet of Broughton,
620 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, with the
perpetual curacies of Quarrendon and Stoke-Mandeville
annexed, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of
the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £20.10. The church is dedicated to St. James.
A school is endowed with £10 per annum; and Mr.
Hill, in 1723, gave property, directing the proceeds to
be applied in clothing poor men, and in educating and
apprenticing children.