Edgcott

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title: "Edgcott" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-buckinghamshire", "civil-parishes-in-buckinghamshire"] description: "Village in Buckinghamshire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-buckinghamshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgcott" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Buckinghamshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
official_name	Edgcott
static_image_name	Edgcott(AndrewSmith)Mar2006.jpg
static_image_caption	Edgcott
coordinates
os_grid_reference	SP6722
population	256
population_ref	(2011 Census)
civil_parish	Edgcott
unitary_england	Buckinghamshire
lieutenancy_england	Buckinghamshire
region	South East England
country	England
constituency_westminster	Mid Buckinghamshire
post_town	Aylesbury
postcode_district	HP18
postcode_area	HP
dial_code	01296
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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/New_Map_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland_(1806).jpg" caption="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.

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 two prisons located nearby.

In 1807 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.

Population

|source= |1801 |122 |1811 |121 |1821 |160 |1831 |180 |1841 |195 |1851 |193 |1881 |187 |1891 |150 |1901 |136 |1911 |127 |1921 |100 |1931 |90 |1951 |117 |1961 |143 |1971 |128 |2011 |256}}

Edgcott's population during the 1830s mainly worked as agricultural labourers. |caption=Occupations in Edgcott in 1831, males aged 20 and over: | label1 = Farmers employing Labourers |value1=4 | label2 = Agricultural Labourers |value2=37 | label3 = Other |value3=1 |autoscale=true |thumb=none}}

The following graph shows the number of Edgcott residents by age in 2001, with 141, approximately 55%, aged between 30 and 59. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Ages_of_residents_in_edgcott_(2001).jpg" caption="Neighbourhood Statistics"] ::

St. Michael's Church

The Church dates back to the 12th century, with many rebuilding and restorations occurring through the years. Main restorations took place in 1604 and 1875. The building was added to gradually; in the 12th century the nave and chancel were built, and then in the 15th century the west steeple was constructed. The vestry was added in the 1875 restorations.

St. Michael's is a listed building under the Planning Act of 1990 due to its architectural and historic features.

Parish Council

Edgcott has an active parish council, with regular meetings held in the village hall.

HM Prisons Grendon and Spring Hill

There are two prisons on the same site just east of Edgcott. They are jointly managed:

HM Prison Grendon was opened in 1962 and was originally an experimental psychiatric prison, which dealt with prisoners with antisocial personality disorders. It is now a Category B men's prison, housing around 200 prisoners. It still offers therapeutic care, with prison routine organised around a programme of group therapy.

HM Prison Spring Hill is a Category D men's open prison accommodating about 330 prisoners.

References

References

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2. (July 2024). "Location of Mid Buckinghamshire".
3. "Grendon Prison information".
4. Wilson, John Marius. (1870{{ndash}}72). "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales". A. Fullerton & Co..
5. "Edgcott Parish : Total Population". Vision of Britain.
6. "Edgcott (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Office for National Statistics.
7. Sillitoe, Neighbourhood Statistics - Neil. "Detect browser settings".
8. "Parishes : Edgcott {{!}} British History Online".
9. England, Historic. "CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL - 1214280 {{!}} Historic England".
10. "About Edgcott Parish Council".
11. "Grendon Prison".
12. "Spring Hill Prison".

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