Fencott is a hamlet between the River Ray and Otmoor in the civil parish of Fencott and Murcott, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England.
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OS grid reference | SP574160 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Kidlington |
Postcode district | OX5 |
Dialling code | 01865 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Oxfordshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
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Website | Fencott and Murcott Parish Council |
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In 1542 the Crown granted most of the land at Murcott to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey.[1] They retained it until the end of the 19th century, when it passed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.[1] There was also one hide of land that belonged to Abingdon Abbey.[1] In about 1180 the Abbot of Abingdon gave this holding in an exchange of land to one William Turpin.[1] In 1230 Godstow Abbey bought the land from Osbert Turpin, but had to continue paying quit-rent to Abingdon Abbey.[1] At the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s the land passed to the Crown, which disposed of it in 1553.[1] Fencott used to have a public house, the Black Bull. It closed before 1939, but there is still a Black Bull Lane in the hamlet.[1]
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