BLETCHLEY, a parish in the hundred of NEWPORT,
county of BUCKINGHAM, If mile (W. by S.) from
Fenny-Stratford, containing, with the chapelry of Fenny-
Stratford (part of which is in the parish of Simpson),
and the township of Water-Eaton, 1160 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham,
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at
£29. 13. !§., and in the patronage of J. Fleming, Esq.
The church is dedicated to St. Mary. On the enclosure
of the common, an allotment of twenty-five acres was
assigned for the benefit of the poor, in lieu of cutting
furze.