Edgcott, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide

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Edgcott is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Alternative names: Edgecolt, Edgecott

Parish church: St. Michael

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1538
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1575

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Primitive Methodist.

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

EDGECOTT, a parish in the district and county of Buckingham; 2 miles SSW of Claydon r. station, and 7½ S by W of Buckingham. Post town, Middle Claydon, under Winslow. Acres, 650. Real property, £1,218. Pop., 182. Houses, 43. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £210. Patron, R. B. Marsham, Esq. The church is old but good. There is an Independent chapel. Charities, £6.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

EDGECOTT (St. Michael), a parish, in the union, hundred, and county of Buckingham, 6 miles (S. W. by W.) from Winslow; containing 195 inhabitants.

It is situated on a cross road between Buckingham and Thame, and comprises by measurement 1100 acres, of which less than a third are arable. Lace is manufactured to a limited extent.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £11. 12. 8½., and in the gift of the Hon. and Rev. Jacob Marsham, D.D.: the tithes were commuted, on the inclosure of the parish, for about 200 acres of land, valued at rather more than £200 per annum. The church is an ancient edifice. There is a place of worship for dissenters.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848