Kencot
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Kencot is a village and civil parish about south-west of Carterton in West Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 101.
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Place details
- Locality
- West Oxfordshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 472
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Kencot
- UK place.static_image_name
- Kencot, St. George's Church - geograph.org.uk - 381300.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St. George's parish church
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP253048
- UK place.population
- 101
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Kencot
- UK place.shire_district
- West Oxfordshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Oxfordshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- Lechlade
- UK place.postcode_district
- GL7
- UK place.postcode_area
- GL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01367
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Witney
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Oxfordshire
- Population
- 101
- Shares border with
- Shilton
- Image
- Kencot, St. George's Church - geograph.org.uk - 381300.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01367
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- Kencot
- postal code
- GL7
- OS grid reference
- SP2504
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Archaeology
- Parish church
- Economic and social history
- RAF Broadwell
- References
- Sources and further reading
- External links
Kencot is a village and civil parish about south-west of Carterton in West Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 101.
==Archaeology== A Neolithic stone hand axe was found at Kencot. Petrological analysis in 1940 identified the stone as epidotised tuff from Stake Pass in the Lake District, to the north. Stone axes from the same source have been found at Alvescot, Abingdon, Sutton Courtenay and Minster Lovell.
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