Coscote

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 referenceSU515882
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDIDCOT
Postcode districtOX11
Dialling code01235
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament

Coscote Manor and other historical features
An alternative view of Coscote Manor

Notably, the town contains the 17th century building, Coscote Manor, which is listed as Grade: II listed building listed 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]

Coscote manor as was pictured 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

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.

Recent developments

Along with East Hagbourne and West Hagbourne, as of 2007, the hamlet's peace is threatened by the Great Western Park development. Plans including the extension of Didcot's ring road.

References
  1. P.H. Ditchfield; William Page (eds.). "Hagbourne". A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 3 – via British History Online.
  2. "St Andrew's Church". East Haghbourne Community Website. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  3. "Coscote Manor and Yew Tree Famhouse and Attached Wall, East Hagbourne". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  4. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 132–133.
  5. Fae, Allan (1913). Quiet roads and sleepy villages. London : E. Nash. pp. 196–7 – via Internet Archive.
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