HITCHAM, a parish in the hundred of BURNHAM, county of BUCKINGHAM, 2 miles (N. E. by E.) from Maidenhead, containing 172 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £ 11. 5. 7 , and in the patronage of the Provost and Fellows of Eton College. The church is dedicated to St. Mary: the windows of the chancel exhibit a considerable quantity of stained glass of remarkable brilliancy.