HEDSOR, a parish in the hundred of DESBOROUGH,
county of BUCKINGHAM, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Great
Marlow, containing, with the hamlet of Lilliffee, 188
inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Lincoln
rated in the king's books at £4, endowed with £200
royal bounty, and £200 parliamentary grant. Lord
Boston was patron in 1814. The church is dedicated
to St. Nicholas. In the church-yard are interred the
remains of Nathaniel Hooke, author of the Roman History,
who died in 1763; to whose memory a tablet
was erected at the expense of Lord Boston.