Fencott
Coordinates: 51°50′24″N 1°10′05″W / 51.840°N 1.168°W
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.
History
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]
References
Sources and further reading
- Chambers, R.A. (1986). "A Roman Timber Bridge at Ivy Farm, Fencott with Murcott, Oxon., 1979". Oxoniensia. Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society. LI: 31–36.
- Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1959). A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 6. Victoria County History. pp. 80–92.
