Edgcott

Other current and historical names

Edgecott
Achecote

Parish/Community: Edgcott
District/Borough: Aylesbury Vale
County: Buckinghamshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°53'40"N 1°0'54"W
Eastings/Northings: 467877, 222254
OS Grid: SP678222
Mapcode Local: GBR 9Z1.26G
Mapcode Global: VHDTN.CM8W

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Edgcott within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Edgcott in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Edgcott, par., in co. and 7½ miles SW. of Buckingham, 1140 ac., pop. 187.

Edgcott in the Domesday Book

A village in Mow hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thori, a royal Guard; Alwin; Almer; Edwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Lanquetot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 9 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 ploughs
- Woodland: 100 pigs

British Place Names

Edgcott, Buckinghamshire

Edgcott is a village in Buckinghamshire

Edgcott in historic gazetteers

Edgcott in the Domesday Book