Foscot, Oxfordshire

Hamlet in Oxfordshire, England

Human settlement in England

Foscot

Foscot

Location within Oxfordshire

OS grid reference| SP2421
Civil parish|

* Idbury

District|

* West Oxfordshire

Shire county|

* Oxfordshire

Region|

* South East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Chipping Norton
Postcode district| OX7
Police| Thames Valley
Fire| Oxfordshire
Ambulance| South Central
UK Parliament|

* Witney

List of places

England
Oxfordshire

51°53′46″N 1°38′20″W﻿ / ﻿51.896°N 01.639°W﻿ / 51.896; -01.639

Foscot is a hamlet in the Cotswolds in the Evenlode valley. It falls within Idbury civil parish, in the West Oxfordshire District, about 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Stow-on-the-Wold in neighbouring Gloucestershire, and 1.7 miles (2.7 km) from Kingham. It is in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[1] Foscot is in the ecclesiastical parish of St Leonard, Bledington[2] and is socially integrated with the adjacent Bledington village. The major landowner is Loudham Estates, based at Foxcote Farm.[3] Foxholes, a woodland nature reserve sloping down to the River Evenlode with year-round colour and wildlife interest, is adjacent to Foscot. It is noted for its spring bluebells and abundant bat and bird life and is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "The Oxfordshire Cotswolds". West Oxfordshire District Council.
2. ^ "St Leonard's Bledington". Evenlodevale Churches.
3. ^ "Loudham Estates (Suffolk) Ltd".
4. ^ "Foxholes". Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust.

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Large villages|

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and hamlets)|

* Alvescot
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* Ascott d'Oyley
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* Asthall
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* Worsham
* Black Bourton
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* Fawler
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* Filkins
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* Finstock
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* Grafton
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* Great Tew
* Hardwick-with-Yelford
* Hardwick
* Yelford
* Heythrop
* Dunthrop
* Holwell
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* Bould
* Foscot
* Kelmscott
* Kencot
* Kiddington with Asterleigh
* Asterleigh
* Kiddington
* Over Kiddington
* Kingham
* Langford
* Leafield
* Lew
* Little Faringdon
* Little Tew
* Lyneham
* Northmoor
* Over Norton
* Ramsden
* Mount Skippett
* Rollright
* Great Rollright
* Little Rollright
* Rousham
* Salford
* Sandford St. Martin
* Ledwell
* Sarsden
* Shilton
* South Leigh
* Spelsbury
* Dean
* Taston
* Stanton Harcourt
* Swerford
* Swinbrook and Widford
* Swinbrook
* Widford
* Tackley
* Taynton
* Westcott Barton
* Westwell
* Wootton
* Dornford
* Hordley
* Worton
* Nether Worton
* Over Worton

Former districts
and boroughs|

* Chipping Norton Rural District
* Municipal Borough of Chipping Norton
* Witney Urban District
* Witney Rural District
* Municipal Borough of Woodstock
* Woodstock Rural District

Former
constituencies|

* Oxfordshire County Constituency
* Woodstock Borough Constituency
* Mid Oxfordshire or Woodstock County Constituency
* Henley County Constituency
* Mid Oxfordshire County Constituency

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