HITCHENDEN, or HUGHENDEN, a parish in
the hundred of DESBOROUGH, county of BUCKINGHAM,
1 mile (N.) from High Wycombe, containing, with a
portion of the liberty of Brands-Fee, which is in this
parish, 1247 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese
of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £ 8. 17. 6.,
endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £200
royal bounty, and in the patronage of J. Norris, Esq.
and others. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is
partly of Norman architecture, and has a curious font.
Catherine Pye, in 1713, conveyed certain property towards
the endowment of a school.