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Burcott, Oxfordshire

Historical Description

Burcott, a hamlet and a township in Dorchester parish, Oxfordshire, on the river Thames, 5 miles E by S of Abingdon, and in the Abingdon union. Post town, Abingdon; money order, and telegraph office, Dorchester. Acreage of township, 679; population, 141. It has no church, but divine service is held in the school.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyOxfordshire 
Civil parishDorchester 
HundredDorchester 
Poor Law unionAbingdon 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre, have images of the Parish Registers for Oxfordshire online.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Burcott from the following:


Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Oxfordshire is available online


Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Oxfordshire, 1566, 1574 &1634 are available on the Heraldry page.