Hedsor, Buckinghamshire

Description
Hedsor, a parish in Bucks, on the rivers Thames and Wick, at the boundary with Berks, 1 mile SE from Bourne End station on the G.W.E., and 4 miles E by S from Great Marlow. Post town, Maidenhead; money order and telegraph office, Bourne End. Acreage, 542; population, 184. The manor, with Hedsor House, belongs to Lord Boston. Hedsor House was originally built in 1778 by the first Lord Boston on a plan recommended by George III., was rebuilt in 1862, is a fine mansion of white brick in the Italian style, and stands in a park with beautiful views. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; gross yearly value, £79 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford one turn, and Lord Boston two turns. The church is a small building of chalk and flint in the Decorated style, and contains monuments of the Hyndes and the Parkers, and the churchyard contains the grave of Hooke, the author of a " Roman History."