TURWESTON, a parish in the hundred of BUCKINGHAM, and county
of BUCKINGHAM, 1 mile (E.) from Brackley, containing
314 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £12. 16. 3., and in
the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.
The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a
trifling bequest by the Rev. William Fairfax, in 1762,
for teaching poor children.