MORETON (MAIDS'), a parish in the hundred and county of BUCKINGHAM, 1 mile (N. E.) from Buckingham, containing 407 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £18. 2. 11., and in the patronage of the Rev. J. L. Long. The church, dedicated to St. Edmund, is a handsome structure in the later English style, containing some stalls highly enriched; the porch and belfry have groined roofs. It was built in 1450, by two maiden sisters, daughters of the last male heir of the family of Pegore. The river Ouse, and a branch of the Grand Junction canal, pass through the parish.