Edgcott
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Mar2006.jpg) Edgcott |
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| Population | 256 [1] |
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| 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 |
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Coordinates: 51°53′46″N 1°01′01″W / 51.896°N 1.017°W
Total population of Edgcott Civil Parish, Buckinghamshire, as reported by the Census of Population from 1801 to 2011
Residence on Edgcott Road near Mill Hill
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.
The village also has the Grendon (HM Young Offenders Institution) located within it.
In the 1807s, 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.[2]
The parish had a population of 256 people according to the 2011 census[3]
References
- ↑ Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
- ↑ Wilson, John Marius (1870–72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co.
- ↑ "Edgcott (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighborhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
External links
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