Westcott is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Waddesdon.

Westcott
St Mary the Virgin parish church
Westcott Location within Buckinghamshire
Population	448 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SP7117
Civil parish	Westcott
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	Buckingham
Website	Westcott Parish Council
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51.8466°N 0.9570°W / 51.8466; -0.9570

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

Sources and further reading

• Page, W.H., ed. (1927). "Waddesdon with Westcott and Woodham". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria County History. Vol. 4. pp. 107–118.
• Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960). Buckinghamshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 281–282. ISBN 0-14-071019-1.

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