FINGEST, a parish in the hundred of DESBOROUGH,
county of BUCKINGHAM, 5 miles (N.W. by W.) from
Great Marlow, containing 295 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham,
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books
at £ 6. 7. 11., endowed with & 200 private benefaction,
and & 200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the
Prebendary of Dultingcot in the Cathedral Church
of Wells. The church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew,
exhibits some remains of Norman architecture; the
font is circular and enriched with arches. There is a
bequest in land, by the Rev. Francis Edmunds, for teaching
and clothing twelve children.