In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Edgcote like this:
EDGCOTT, a parish in the district of Banbury and county of Northampton; at the verge of the county, on the river Cherwell, adjacent to the Oxford canal and the West Midland railway, 2½ miles ENE of Cropredy r. station, a 6 NE by N of Banbury. Post town, Cropredy, under Banbury. Acres, 1, 344. ...
Real property, £2, 738. Pop., 103. Houses, 15. The property is all in one estate. Edgcott House was the seat of Cromwell, Earl of Essex, and partly built by him; afforded Charles I. a night's lodging before the battle of Edgehill; and is now the seat of Miss Carter. Danesmoor, in the vicinity, was the scene of a battle between the Saxons and the Danes, and also the scene of a conflict, in 1469, between the Lancastrians and the Yorkists. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £300.* Patron, Miss Carter. The church is ancient but good.
Edgcote through time
Edgcote is now part of South Northamptonshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Northamptonshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Edgcote itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Edgcote in South Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7909
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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