CHETWODE, a parish in the district and county of Buckingham; on the verge of the county, 3 ¼ miles NNW of Launton r. station, and 4 SW of Buckingham. Post-town, Buckingham. Acres, 1,200. Real property, £2,029. Pop., 177. Houses, 36. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to a Chetwode before the Conquest; and is still held by his descendants. An Augustinian priory was founded here in 1244. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Barton-Hartshorn, in the diocese of Oxford. The church belonged to the priory; and has a very fine early English chancel, and some of the oldest stained glass in England. Dean Chetwode was a native.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
