RISBOROUGH (MONKS'), a parish in the hundred
of AYLESBURY, county of BUCKINGHAM, 6 miles
(W. N. W.) from Great Missenden, containing 934 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction
and patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury,
rated in the king's books at £30. The church is dedicated
to St. Dunstan. There is a place of worship
for Wesleyan Methodists. William Quarby, in 1727,
bequeathed £2 per annum for teaching poor boys.
The great cross, called White Leaf Cross, cut on the
side of the chalk hills near the village, is supposed to
be a memorial of some victory obtained by the Saxons
over the Danes.