PADBURY, a parish in the hundred of BUCKINGHAM,
and county of BUCKINGHAM, 2 miles (S. E. by S.) from Buckingham,
containing 618 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and
diocese of Lincoln, rated in. the king's books at
£6. 13. 4., endowed with £400 parliamentary grant,
and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is
dedicated to St. Mary. There is a place of worship
for Wesleyan Methodists. Padbury is situated on the
riv.er Ouse, over which' is a substantial stone bridge,
erected in 1742. In July 1643, a skirmish took place
here between the, king's troops under Sir Charles Lucas,
and a detachment of the parliamentarians commanded
by Colonel Middleton, in which the latter were defeated.