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Edgcott

Civil parishes in BuckinghamshireVillages in Buckinghamshire
Edgcott(AndrewSmith)Mar2006
Edgcott(AndrewSmith)Mar2006

Edgcott is a village and a civil parish in Buckinghamshire district in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Aylesbury Vale, about eight miles east of Bicester. The village name is derived from the Old English for "oak cottage". In the Domesday Book of 1086 it is recorded as Achecote, "æcen" (from which the word "acorn" is derived) being the Old English word for oak. The manor of Edgcott was once owned by the physician and poet Sir Samuel Garth. The village also has HM Prison Grendon located nearby. In 1807 Edgcott was described as:The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. The church is old but good. There is an Independent chapel.

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N 51.896 ° E -1.017 °
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Grendon Road

Grendon Road
HP18 0TN , Edgcott
England, United Kingdom
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