Hitcham, Buckinghamshire

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.

Hitcham
St Mary's Church
Hitcham Location within Buckinghamshire
Civil parish	Burnham
Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51.5346°N 0.6749°W / 51.5346; -0.6749

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.