BUCKINGHAM, a borough-town of Buckinghamshire, about forty-six miles north-west of London: W. lon. 1^{\circ}, and N. lat. 51^{\circ} 50'.

It sends two members to parliament.

Buckinghamshire has Northamptonshire on the north; Bedford, Hertford, and Middlesex, on the east; Berkshire, from which it is divided by the river Thames, on the south; and Oxfordshire, on the west.