Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BURCOTT

BURCOTT, a hamlet in Dorchester parish, Oxford; on the river Thames, 5 miles E by S of Abingdon. Acres, 1,550. Real property, £1,204. Pop., 172. Houses, 49. It has sometimes been regarded as a parish. Burcott House is the chief residence.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Oxfordshire Ancient County
Place: Burcott

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