Description
Radnage, a village and a parish in Bucks. The village stands near the boundary with Oxfordshire, in a pleasant valley surrounded by high hills commanding extensive views, S 1/2 miles NW of West Wycombe station on the Wycombe, Thame, and Oxford section of the G.W.R., and 6 NW of High Wycombe. Post town, Tetsworth; money order and telegraph office, Stokenchurch. The parish comprises 1369' acres; population, 452. There is a parish council consisting of five members. Part of the land is common. The manor belongs to the Crown. Chairs are made here. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £200 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient building, chiefly in the Early English style (probably dating from the beginning of the 12th century), constructed of flint and rubble, and consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and central tower. There are two Primitive Methodist chapels.
Radnage, Buckinghamshire
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
