Fencott

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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. LI. Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society: 31–36.
• Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1959). A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 6. Victoria County History. pp. 80–92.