Westcott, Buckinghamshire

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Westcott
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St Mary the Virgin parish church
Westcott is located in Buckinghamshire
Westcott
Westcott
 Westcott shown within Buckinghamshire
Population 448 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference SP7117
Civil parish Westcott
District Aylesbury Vale
Shire 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
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Buckingham
Website Westcott Parish Council
List of places
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Westcott is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Waddesdon.

The toponym is derived from the Old English for "west cottage".[citation needed]

The Church of England parish church of St Mary the Virgin was designed by the Oxford Diocesan architect G.E. Street and built in 1867.[2] It is a Grade II* listed building.[3]

In the 20th century Westcott was the site of the Rocket Propulsion Establishment, which was on the former RAF Westcott airfield to the west of the main village. This has since been closed down, and the area is called the Westcott Venture Park. BAE Systems maintains a presence on the site (BAE Systems Environmental) which advises on the decommissioning of military sites.

G.E. Street also designed the parish school.[4] It is now Westcott Church of England School, a mixed primary school.[5] In 2012 it gained permission to expand the age range of its children, taking them from 4-11 years old, with an integrated pre-school nursery that caters to children of 3 for half days.

References

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  2. ↑ Pevsner 1960, p. 281.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Pevsner 1960, p. 282.
  5. ↑ Westcott School Church of England

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