Hitcham was a village

Village

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 in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

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, England

England

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. Today it is indistinguishable from the extended village of Burnham

Burnham, Buckinghamshire

Burnham is a village and civil parish that lies north of the River Thames in the South Bucks District of Buckinghamshire, and sits on the border with Berkshire, between the towns of Maidenhead and Slough. It is served by Burnham railway station in the west of Slough on the main line between London...

 and is no longer marked on Ordnance Survey

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 1:50000 maps as a separate settlement. It is to the west of Burnham, adjacent to the common on which Burnham Beeches

Burnham Beeches

Burnham Beeches is an area of 220 hectares of ancient woodland, located close to Farnham Common, Burnham and Beaconsfield, in Buckinghamshire. It is approximately 25 miles to the west of London, England.-Preservation:...

 stands.

The village name 'Hitcham' is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Hycga's homestead'. In the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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 of 1086 the village was recorded as Hucheham.

The civil parish of Hitcham was abolished in 1934 under a County Review Order

Local Government Act 1929

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, with the urban part going to Burnham parish, a larger but less populous part going to Taplow

Taplow

Taplow is a village and civil parish within South Bucks district in Buckinghamshire, England. It sits on the east bank of the River Thames facing Maidenhead on the opposite bank. Taplow railway station is situated near the A4 south of the village....

, and a tiny sliver going to Dorney

Dorney

Dorney is a village and civil parish within South Bucks district in the English county of Buckinghamshire, near Slough and about two and a half miles west of Eton.The village name is Old English and means "island frequented by bumble bees"...

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