Walcot, Oxfordshire

Walcot
A roofless stone built barn in a rural landscape
Top Barn, Walcot
Walcot
Walcot shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference SP3466519833
District
Unitary authority
  • Oxfordshire
Shire county
  • Oxfordshire
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Chipping Norton
Postcode district OX7
Dialling code 01608
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England

Walcot is a hamlet in Oxfordshire, near the town of (and in the civil parish of) Charlbury, though historically it belonged to a different hundred.[1] It is in the Church of England parish of Charlbury with Shorthampton.

The hamlet includes Walcot Farmhouse, a Grade II Listed manor house dating from the sixteenth-seventeenth centuries with latter additions.[2]

Transport

Walcot is close to Charlbury station, and is on a bridleway. It is near the River Evenlode, and is served by small turning off the B4437.

Historical documents

The Charlbury and Walcot (Oxon) estate survey of 1761, is held by the Bodleian Library Special Collections department.[3]

See also

    References

    1. ↑ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol10/pp127-157S
    2. ↑ https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1284012
    3. ↑ http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N13845535
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