TAPLOW, a parish in the hundred of BURNHAM,
county of BUCKINGHAM, 1 mile (E. N. E.) from Maidenhead,
containing 586 inhabitants. The living is a rec
tory, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese
of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £11. 18, 9.,
and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated
to St. Nicholas; in the chancel lie the remains
of Sarah Milton, the mother of the immortal poet, who
resided here for some years. Ann Taplow, in 1?S4>
left £1. 10. per annum toward the instruction of the
poor. On the river Thames, which separates this parish
from Berkshire, is a large paper-mill, employing a considerable
number of persons. . Cleifden, in this parish,
was the residence of the Prince and Princess of Wales,
during the infancy of their son, George III. It formerly
belonged to a member of the Hamilton family, who
fought under the celebrated Duke of Marlborough, and
who, on his return from the continent, indulged the
curious fancy of figuring, the battle of Blenheim, b'y
plantations of trees, now in full vigour.