Edgcott

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Coordinates: 51°53′46″N 1°01′01″W / 51.896°N 1.017°W / 51.896; -1.017
Edgcott

Edgcott
Edgcott

 Edgcott shown within Buckinghamshire
Population 256 [1]
OS grid reference SP6722
Civil parish Edgcott
District Aylesbury Vale
Shire county Buckinghamshire
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Aylesbury
Postcode district HP18
Dialling code 01296
Police Thames Valley
Fire Buckinghamshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Buckingham
List of places
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Edgcott is a village and a civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in 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.

References

  1. Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013

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