Foscott (also called Foxcote and Foscote) is a hamlet and civil parish in north Buckinghamshire, England. At the 2011 Census the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of Thornton. In the 20th century a reservoir was built within Foscote, named Foxcote Reservoir. It is just to the north of Maids Moreton.
The name was Anglo Saxon in origin, meaning "Fox cottage".
Population of Foscott In the earliest government census of 1801, there were 85 inhabitants in 17 families living in 17 houses recorded in Foscott.
Census Year Population of Foscott 1801 85 1811 91 1821 119 1831 107 1841 119 1851 99 1861 96 1871 79 1881 72 1891 58 1901 46
Rectors of the Parish Church of St Leonard, Foscott According to George Lipscomb's 1847 The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham there were 39 rectors of the Parish of Foscott, between 1220 and 1840. The church was converted into a private residence in the 1970s.
Year Rector1220 Robert, the Chaplain1253 Eustace de Rochford1277 Thomas Fitz-Gilbert1320 William de Malesovers1323 Nicholas de Lyons1332 Thomas de St.Lys1340 Adam de la Mere13-- John Smith1382 John Drax, alias Cooper1384 William Ailthorp1390 John Barton1393 Robert de Pitchecote1400 John Gawcote1437 Walter Hopton14-- John Wattes1457 William Rees1461 Robert Ormesby1478 Robert Tymson1503 Henry Boleyn1510 James Walton, or Welton1558 Ralph Colys1567 John More1574 David Powell1601 Richard Evans1608 Robert Gray1612 James Stilton1657 Thomas Cheslin1660 Francis Hodson1665 William Walters1672 Samuel Pepys, A.M.1703 Richard Major, A.B.1741 Thomas Price, B.C.L.1769 William Cleaver, A.M.1773 William Cleaver, Junior, A.M.1780 William Cleaver, A.M.1784 Joseph Smith, A.M.1791 Honourable Archibald Hamilton Cathcart, A.M.1797 Robert Holt, A.M.1820 Wolley Leigh Bennet, A.M.1840 William Fletcher, A.M.
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