Coscote is a hamlet in the civil parish of East Hagbourne, in the Berkshire Downs 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Didcot. The hamlet was also previously referred to as Cokelscote.[1] Coscote is now in Oxfordshire, and in 1974 was transferred from Berkshire. Currently, the Church of England church St Andrew's, Hagbourne claims the hamlet as one of its parish communities.[2]
| Coscote | |
|---|---|
 Coscote Manor | |
  Coscote Location within Oxfordshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU515882 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DIDCOT |
| Postcode district | OX11 |
| Dialling code | 01235 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Coscote Manor and other historical features edit
Notably, the town contains the 17th-century building, Coscote Manor, which is a Grade II listed building, under the name "Coscote Manor and Yew Tree Famhouse and Attached Wall, East Hagbourne." The building was listed on 9 April 1952.[3] The manor is a timber-framed 17th-century house with fretwork bargeboards and an Ipswich window.[4] The house and surrounding hamlet were described in the 1913 travel journal Quiet roads and sleepy villages by Allan Fae.[5] As of 1923, regional historians P.H. Ditchfield and William Page note that Coscote contained the base of one of three medieval crosses in Hagbourne.[1]
Transport edit
Coscote is served by 6 buses a day Monday - Saturday, by the Abingdon Bus Company's Route 94, from West Hagbourne to Didcot via Blewbury.
Gallery edit
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An alternative view of Coscote Manor
References edit
- ^ a b P.H. Ditchfield; William Page (eds.). "Hagbourne". A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 3 – via British History Online.
- ^ "St Andrew's Church". East Haghbourne Community Website. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Coscote Manor and Yew Tree Famhouse and Attached Wall, East Hagbourne". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 132–133.
- ^ Fae, Allan (1913). Quiet roads and sleepy villages. London : E. Nash. pp. 196–7 – via Internet Archive.