This website presents the history of the parish of Hitcham in Buckinghamshire, whose tiny size disguises its importance and prestige.

TO VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THIS VERY ACTIVE AND WELCOMING CHURCH GO TO :

www.stmaryshitcham.org.uk

TO SEARCH THE IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION OF HITCHAM GRAVEYARD RECORDS GO TO :

www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2182708/st.-mary's-churchyard?

There is a map of the graveyard inside the bell tower

A QUICK HISTORY

Church founded in 12th C

Nave 12th C

Chancel 14th C

Bell tower 16th C

Porch 19th C

In the possession of :

Merton Priory until 16th C

Eton College until 19th C

Oxford diocese up to the present day

GO TO THE ‘DOCUMENTS’ PAGE WHERE YOU CAN VIEW OR DOWNLOAD A VARIETY OF DETAILED HISTORIES OF THE CHURCH AND PARISH AS PDF FILES.

These feature characters such as Dr Goodall, Lord Grenville and Thomas Pitt, who may seem to us now quite mercenary, but were simply humans in a world full of high risk and little security. Be kind to them.