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Foscott (also called Foxcote and Foscote) is a hamlet and civil parish in north Buckinghamshire, England. At the 2011 Census the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of Thornton. In the 20th century a reservoir was built within Foscote, named Foxcote Reservoir. It is just to the north of Maids Moreton.
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Foscott | |
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Location within Buckinghamshire | |
Population | 31 (Mid-2010 pop est)[1] |
OS grid reference | SP715358 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BUCKINGHAM |
Postcode district | MK18 |
Dialling code | 01280 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Buckinghamshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
The name was Anglo Saxon in origin, meaning "Fox cottage".
In the earliest government census of 1801, there were 85 inhabitants in 17 families living in 17 houses recorded in Foscott.
Census Year | Population of Foscott |
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1801 | 85 |
1811 | 91 |
1821 | 119 |
1831 | 107 |
1841 | 119 |
1851 | 99 |
1861 | 96 |
1871 | 79 |
1881 | 72 |
1891 | 58 |
1901 | 46 |
According to George Lipscomb's 1847 The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham there were 39 rectors of the Parish of Foscott, between 1220 and 1840. The church was converted into a private residence in the 1970s.[2]
Year | Rector |
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1220 | Robert, the Chaplain |
1253 | Eustace de Rochford |
1277 | Thomas Fitz-Gilbert |
1320 | William de Malesovers |
1323 | Nicholas de Lyons |
1332 | Thomas de St.Lys |
1340 | Adam de la Mere |
13-- | John Smith |
1382 | John Drax, alias Cooper |
1384 | William Ailthorp |
1390 | John Barton |
1393 | Robert de Pitchecote |
1400 | John Gawcote |
1437 | Walter Hopton |
14-- | John Wattes |
1457 | William Rees |
1461 | Robert Ormesby |
1478 | Robert Tymson |
1503 | Henry Boleyn |
1510 | James Walton, or Welton |
1558 | Ralph Colys |
1567 | John More |
1574 | David Powell |
1601 | Richard Evans |
1608 | Robert Gray |
1612 | James Stilton |
1657 | Thomas Cheslin |
1660 | Francis Hodson |
1665 | William Walters |
1672 | Samuel Pepys, A.M. |
1703 | Richard Major, A.B. |
1741 | Thomas Price, B.C.L. |
1769 | William Cleaver, A.M. |
1773 | William Cleaver, Junior, A.M. |
1780 | William Cleaver, A.M. |
1784 | Joseph Smith, A.M. |
1791 | Honourable Archibald Hamilton Cathcart, A.M. |
1797 | Robert Holt, A.M. |
1820 | Wolley Leigh Bennet, A.M. |
1840 | William Fletcher, A.M. |
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