Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire

Description
Whitchurch, a large village and a parish in.Bucks. The village stands 5 miles N by W of Aylesbury, where there are stations on the G.W.R. and L. & N.W.R. It was once a market-town, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Aylesbury. The parish comprises 1718 acres; population of the civil parish, 709; of the ecclesiastical, with Creslow, 721. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. A castle, built in the 17th century by Hugh de Bolebec, was here, and has left some traces. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £220 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient edifice of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, and S porch with a lofty embattled western tower. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels.