Description
Maids Moreton, a parish in Buckinghamshire, on the river Ouse and the Buckingham Canal, 1 mile NE of Buckingham town and railway station. It has a post office under Buckingham; money order and telegraph office, Buckingham. Acreage, 1366; population, 444. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £245 with residence. The church was built in 1450 by two maiden sisters, daughters of Lord Peover ; took thence the name of Maids Moreton, and gave that name to the parish; is a beautiful specimen of the Perpendicular style; comprises nave and chancel, with two porches and W embattled tower; has a very curious W door, "a projecting panelled battlement, supported by rich fan-tracery, springing from the jamb mouldings;" and contains a Gothic screen, three sedilia, a fine font, and several ancient brasses and monuments. The church was thoroughly restored in 1887. There is also a small Wesleyan chapel. The manor house is a modern building of red brick in the
Serving the Genealogy community with free UK family history resources for over 12 years
