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Tower of Holy Trinity parish church |
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Gawcott
Gawcott shown within Buckinghamshire |
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| Population | 706 (parish)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SP6831 |
| Parish | Gawcott with Lenborough |
| District | Aylesbury Vale |
| Shire county | Buckinghamshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Buckingham |
| Postcode district | MK18 |
| Dialling code | 01280 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Buckingham |
| List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire | |
Gawcott is a village about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Buckingham in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. The village is in the civil parish of Gawcott with Lenborough.
The toponym is derived from the Old English for "cottage for which rent is payable". The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as Chauescote.
To the east of the village is Signal Hill, which was a former FCO/MI6 signals intelligence station.
Sir George Gilbert Scott, the architect of the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras railway station in London, was born in Gawcott.[2][3]
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