Edgcott

Also known as Edgcott, Buckinghamshire

thumb|279x279px|Residence on Edgcott Road near Mill Hill thumb|Edgcott showed next to Bicester in 1806. Author: C, Smith 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.

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Place details

Locality: Edgcott
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 988
Timezone: Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.official_name: Edgcott
UK place.static_image_name: Edgcott(AndrewSmith)Mar2006.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Edgcott
UK place.os_grid_reference: SP6722
UK place.population: 256
UK place.population_ref: (2011 Census)
UK place.civil_parish: Edgcott
UK place.unitary_england: Buckinghamshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Buckinghamshire
UK place.region: South East England
UK place.country: England
UK place.constituency_westminster: Mid Buckinghamshire
UK place.post_town: Aylesbury
UK place.postcode_district: HP18
UK place.postcode_area: HP
UK place.dial_code: 01296

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Wikidata facts

Population: 255
Image: Edgcott(AndrewSmith)Mar2006.jpg
Dialing code: 01296

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Commons category: Edgcott
postal code: HP18
OS grid reference: SP6722
P8168: Carlos Gómez

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Population
St. Michael's Church
Parish Council
HM Prisons Grendon and Spring Hill
References
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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.