Gawcott is a village in the parish of Gawcott with Lenborough near Buckingham, in Buckinghamshire, England. A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches Buckingham is a Town situated in north Buckinghamshire, England, approximately from the border with Northamptonshire. Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is located to the west of the town.
The hamlet name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'cottage for which rent is payable'. In the Domesday Book in 1086 the hamlet was recorded as Chauescote. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey
To the east of the village is Signal Hill, which was a former FCO/MI6 signals intelligence station. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO, is the British government department responsible for promoting The Secret Intelligence Service ( SIS) colloquially known as MI6 is the United Kingdom 's external Intelligence agency. [1] [2]
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- ^ Get-a-map - Gawcott. Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey (OS is an Executive agency of the United Kingdom government Retrieved on 2006-09-15. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy.
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