DENHAM, a parish in the hundred of STOKE, county of BUCKINGHAM, 2 miles (N.N.W.) from Uxbridge, containing 1189 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £19. 9. 4. Benjamin Way, Esq. was patron in 1797 The church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains some interesting monuments. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The river Colne and the Grand Junction canal pass through the parish. Sir William Bowyer, in 1721, gave £30 per annum, with a house for a master and a mistress, for instructing fifteen boys and fifteen girls. A school-room has been erected in that part of the village called Cheapside, and was opened in 1826; the children are taught on the British system.