Wilcot
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| Wilcot shown within Wiltshire | |
| Population | 558 (2011 census) |
| OS grid reference | SU140608 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PEWSEY |
| Postcode district | SN9 |
| Dialling code | 01672 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Parish Council |
Wilcot is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, in the Vale of Pewsey about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Pewsey. The parish includes the village of Oare and the hamlets of Draycot Fitz Payne, Rainscombe, West Stowell and Wilcot Green.
Roman coins were found in 2000 at the site of Stanchester villa. Wilcot and Draycot were recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.
The parish was described as follows in The National Gazetteer (1868):
WILCOT, a parish in the hundred of Swanborough, county Wilts, 6 miles S.W. of Marlborough, 10 E. of Devizes, and 1½ mile N.W. of Pewsey. The village is situated close to the Avon and Kennet canal. There are about 200 acres of open downs. The soil is generally a rich loam, and the land chiefly arable. The parish includes the tythings of Draycott-Foliat, Care, and Stowell, or Towel. At the time of the Norman survey it had a church, vineyard, and seat of Edward de Salisbury, and subsequently came to the Lovells, by whom it was held till the reign of Henry VII. There are several chalk pits. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury, value £150. The church is dedicated to the Holy Cross. Colonel Wroughton is lord of the manor.
As noted by the Gazetteer, at the time of the Domesday Book Wilcot was one of the manors of Edward of Salisbury, who was High Sheriff of Wiltshire from 1070 to 1105 and had a "very good house" there.
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