Edgcott

Edgcott
Edgcott
	Edgcott
	Edgcott Location within Buckinghamshire
Population	256 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SP6722
Civil parish	Edgcott;
Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire;
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Aylesbury
Postcode district	HP18
Dialling code	01296
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Mid Buckinghamshire;
	List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51°53′46″N 1°01′01″W / 51.896°N 1.017°W

Edgcott is a village and a civil parish in Buckinghamshire district in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Aylesbury Vale, about eight miles east of Bicester.

The village name is derived from the Old English for "oak cottage". In the Domesday Book of 1086 it is recorded as Achecote, "æcen" (from which the word "acorn" is derived) being the Old English word for oak.

The manor of Edgcott was once owned by the physician and poet Sir Samuel Garth.

The village also has two prisons located nearby.^[3]

In 1807 Edgcott was described as:

The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. The church is old but good. There is an Independent chapel.^[4]

Population

The parish had a population of 256 people according to the 2011 census^[5]

Edgcott's population during the 1830s mainly worked as agricultural labourers.

The following graph shows the number of Edgcott residents by age in 2001,^[6] with 141, approximately 55%, aged between 30 and 59.

St. Michael's Church

The Church dates back to the 12th century, with many rebuilding and restorations occurring through the years. Main restorations took place in 1604 and 1875. The building was added to gradually; in the 12th century the nave and chancel were built, and then in the 15th century the west steeple was constructed. The vestry was added in the 1875 restorations.^[7]

St. Michael's is a listed building under the Planning Act of 1990 due to its architectural and historic features.^[8]

Parish Council

Edgcott has an active parish council, with regular meetings held in the village hall.^[9]

HM Prisons Grendon and Spring Hill

There are two prisons on the same site just east of Edgcott. They are jointly managed:^[10]

HM Prison Grendon was opened in 1962 and was originally an experimental psychiatric prison, which dealt with prisoners with antisocial personality disorders.^[10] It is now a Category B men's prison, housing around 200 prisoners. It still offers therapeutic care, with prison routine organised around a programme of group therapy.^[10]

HM Prison Spring Hill is a Category D men's open prison accommodating about 330 prisoners.^[11]

References

^ Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed 3 February 2013
^ "Location of Mid Buckinghamshire". parliament.uk. July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
^ "Grendon Prison information". www.justice.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^ Wilson, John Marius (1870–72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co.
^ "Edgcott (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighborhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
^ Sillitoe, Neighbourhood Statistics - Neil. "Detect browser settings". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
^ "Parishes : Edgcott | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^ England, Historic. "CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL - 1214280 | Historic England". www.historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^ "About Edgcott Parish Council". www.bucksvoice.net. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Grendon Prison". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
^ "Spring Hill Prison". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2025.