Foscott, Buckinghamshire

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 52.0145
longitude= -0.9477
population= 36 (est 2001 Census) [ [http://analysis.mkiobservatory.org.uk/webview/index.jsp?mode=cube&cube=http://analysis.mkiobservatory.org.uk:80/obj/fCube/JD027C_C1&study=http://analysis.mkiobservatory.org.uk:80/obj/fStudy/JD027C- MK Observatory data derived from deducting Thorton PC data from combined Parish data] ]
official_name= Foscott
shire_district= Aylesbury Vale
shire_county = Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Buckingham
post_town= BUCKINGHAM
postcode_district = MK18
postcode_area= MK
dial_code= 01280
os_grid_reference= SP715358

Foscott (also called Foxcote and Foscote) is a hamlet and is also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. In the Twentieth century a reservoir was built within Foscote, named Foxcote Reservoir. It is just to the north of Maids Moreton.

The name was Anglo Saxon in origin, meaning 'Fox cottage'.

Population of Foscott

In the earliest government census of 1801, there were 85 inhabitants in 17 families living in 17 houses recorded in Foscott.

Rectors of the Parish Church of St Leonard, Foscott

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.

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