Foscott, Buckinghamshire
Encyclopedia
Foscott 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'.
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
and is also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale
Aylesbury Vale
The Aylesbury Vale is a large area of flat land mostly in Buckinghamshire, England. Its boundary is marked by Milton Keynes to the north, Leighton Buzzard and the Chiltern Hills to the east and south, Thame to the south and Bicester and Brackley to the west.The vale is named after Aylesbury, the...
district in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. In the Twentieth century a reservoir was built within Foscote, named Foxcote Reservoir. It is just to the north of Maids Moreton
Maids Moreton
Maids Moreton is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of northern Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about north of Buckingham. The village is contiguous with the Buckingham urban area and is thus often considered as a suburb....
.
The name was Anglo Saxon
Old English language
Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...
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.Census Year | Population of Foscott |
---|---|
1801 | 85 |
1811 | 91 |
1821 | 119 |
1831 | 107 |
1841 | 119 |
1851 | 99 |
1861 | 96 |
1871 | 79 |
1881 | 72 |
1891 | 58 |
1901 | 46 |
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.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. |