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Encyclopedia > Edgcott

Edgcott is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, about eight miles east of Bicester.


The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'oak cottage'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Achecote, "æcen" (from which we get the word 'acorn') being the Anglo Saxon word for 'oak'.


The manor of Edgcott was once owned by the physician and poet Sir Samuel Garth.


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War memorials in Edgcott have been transcribed by Peter Quick and Bertrand Shrimpton and published by the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society.
In the earliest government census of 1801, there were 122 inhabitants in 30 families living in 29 houses recorded in Edgcott.
The name Edgcott is believed to be a compound of two old english words æcen and cot, meaning 'oaken' and 'cottages', i.e.
Edgcott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (98 words)
In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Achecote, "æcen" (from which we get the word 'acorn') being the Anglo Saxon word for 'oak'.
The manor of Edgcott was once owned by the physician and poet Sir Samuel Garth.
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