Gawcott

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Gawcott
latitude= 51.9814
longitude= -1.0101
civil_parish= Gawcott with Lenborough
population = 706 (parish) [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792040&c=gawcott&d=16&e=15&g=424421&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216419895203&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census] ]
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= SP685315

Gawcott is a village in the civil parish of Gawcott with Lenborough near Buckingham in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located to the west of the town.

The hamlet name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'cottage for which rent is payable'. In the Domesday Book in 1086 the hamlet was recorded as "Chauescote".

To the east of the village is Signal Hill, which was a former FCO/MI6 signals intelligence station. [cite web
last=Turnbull
first=Alan
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title="Secret Bases" Part 1
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date=24 August 2006
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accessdate=2006-08-30] [cite web
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title=Get-a-map - Gawcott
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