Burnham, Buckinghamshire

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Burnham is a hamlet in Buckinghamshire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Burnham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Burnham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Burnham, par., township, and vil., SE. Bucks, 2½ miles NE. of Maidenhead -- par., 6866 ac., pop. 2356; township, 6383 ac., pop. 2241; P.O., T.O.; contains Burnham Grove and Burnham House; also the remains of an abbey, founded in 1165. Burnham Beeches (in this par.), part of an ancient forest, is a tract of nearly 600 ac., which has been acquired for the public us.

Burnham in the Domesday Book

A village in Burnham hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

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