STRATFORD (WATER), a parish in the hundred and county of BUCKINGHAM, 3 miles (W. by N.) from Buckingham, containing 167 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the lung's books at £7.0.5., and in the patronage of the Duke of Buckingham. The church, dedicated to St. Giles, is partly Norman, having an enriched doorway in that style.