Westcott, Buckinghamshire
Historical Description
Westcott, a hamlet in Waddesdon parish, Bucks, 7 miles WNW of Aylesbury.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Buckinghamshire | |
| Civil parish | Waddesdon | |
| Hundred | Ashendon | |
| Poor Law union | Aylesbury |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Churches
Church of England
St. Mary the Virgin (parish church)
The church of St. Mary the Virgin erected in 1867 from designs by G. E. Street esq, R.A. at the sole expense of the last Duke of Buckingham and Chandos P.C., G.C.S.I. consists of chancel, nave and aisles and a bell turret: a memorial window has been erected to Caroline (Harvey), the Duke's first wife (who died Feb. 28, 1874), by the tenants of the Wotton estate.
Civil Registration
Westcott was in Aylesbury Registration District from 1837 to 1974
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Westcott from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Buckinghamshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Westcott are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)