Longcot
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| Population | 617 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] SU2790] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Faringdon |
| Postcode district | SN7 |
| Dialling code | 01793 |
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| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
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| Website | Longcot Village |
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Longcot is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse District. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The village is about 3 miles (5 km) south of Faringdon and about 2.5 miles (4 km) northeast of Shrivenham. The A420 road between Swindon and Oxford passes through the parish 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of the village. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 617.[1]
Geography
Longcot Civil Parish covers 1,894 acres (766 ha). It is in a wide bend of the nascent River Ock, in typical low-lying vale landscape. The view to the south is dominated by the scarp of the Lambourn downs, including the Uffington White Horse.[2]
Parish church
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Economic and social history
Longcot (or, until the 20th century, Longcott) was part of Shrivenham Hundred, with the manor and most of the land being held by Viscount Barrington. For most of its history Longcot was an agricultural community, but population growth in the early 19th century began with the arrival of the Wilts & Berks Canal in 1805Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. and the building of Longcot Wharf, which was the wharf nearest to Faringdon. The village population declined in line with the loss of commercial traffic on the canal to the Great Western Railway, completed in 1841. The canal was formally abandoned by Act of Parliament in 1914.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
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Amenities
Longcot has a pub, the King and Queen,[5] which is a free house.
Population
The following data has been taken from historical census information in the public domain.
| Year | Total | Male | Female | Households |
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| 1871 | 494 | 229 | 265 | 110 |
| 1881 | 393 | 198 | 195 | 92 |
| 1891 | 310 | 162 | 148 | 77 |
| 1901 | 256 | 139 | 117 | 65 |
| 1911 | 334 | 169 | 165 | 77 |
| 1921 | 295 | 146 | 149 | 71 |
| 1931 | 264 | 139 | 125 | 76 |
| 1941 | No census taken | |||
| 1951 | 285 | 143 | 142 | 88 |
| 1961 | 337 | 173 | 164 | 102 |
| 1971 | 446 | |||
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| 2001 | 574 | 290 | 284 | 220 |
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Area: Longcot (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ Panoramio photograph of the Uffington White Horse
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Archbishops' Council (2015). "Benefice of Shrivenham and Ashbury". A Church Near You. Church of England. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Villagers' pride pays off in battle for honours". The Oxford Times. Newsquest. 25 July 2002.
- ^ The King & Queen
Sources and further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dalby, L.J. (2000) [1971]. The Wilts & Berks Canal (3rd ed.). Usk: Oakwood Press. p. 23. ISBN 0-85361-562-4.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire. Victoria County History. Vol. 4. assisted by John Hautenville Cope. London: The St Katherine Press. pp. 466–471.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 171–172.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Richards, Guy; Dalton-Morris, Shirley (3 March 1999). Longcot: A Village in the Vale. S. Dalton-Morris. ISBN 0-9536602-0-6.
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