Iver, Buckinghamshire

Description
Iver, a village and a large parish in Bucks. The village stands on the river Colne, near the Grand Junction Canal and the boundary with Middlesex, 2 miles WNW from West Drayton station on the G.W.R., and 2 3/4 SSW from Uxbridge; dates from ancient times; takes its name from Sir Roger de Ivery, who came in with William the Conqueror; is a scattered place; was once a market-town; and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Uxbridge. The parish comprises 6399 acres of land and 68 of water; population, 2476. The ecclesiastical district of St Margaret's, Iver Heath, was taken out of the original parish in 1862. Population, 757. Thorney Farm is said to have been a residence of Oliver Cromwell. Eichings Park, now the seat of the Meeking family, was the residence of Lord Bathurst, frequented by the most distinguished wits of his time; passed from him to the Earl of Hertford; and was frequented, under the auspices of Lady Hertford, by all the poets of her time. A walk adjoining it is specially associated with the memory of Pope, and bears the name of Pope's Walk. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £70. The church, restored in 1848 at a cost of £2800, is a building of flint in mixed styles, and contains monuments to Sir George and Sir Edward Salter, carvers to Charles I. There are a cottage hospital, opened in 1875, and a village hall, opened in 1881. Shredding Green and Thomey are adjacent hamlets.