Hitcham, Buckinghamshire
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Hitcham was a village in Buckinghamshire, England. Today it is indistinguishable from the extended village of Burnham and is no longer marked on Ordnance Survey 1:50000 maps as a separate settlement.[1] It is to the west of Burnham, close to the village of Taplow, and adjacent to the common on which Burnham Beeches stands.
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The village name 'Hitcham' is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Hycga's homestead'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Hucheham.
In 1931 the parish had a population of 886.[2] The civil parish of Hitcham was abolished on 1 April 1934 under a County Review Order, with the urban part going to Burnham parish, a larger but less populous part going to Taplow, and a tiny sliver going to Dorney.[3]
The road Hitcham Lane still exists, and features Hitcham House, a large Manor House, now subdivided into several private residential properties.