In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Woodcott like this:
WOODCOTT, or Woodcutt, a parish in Kingsclere district, Hants; 4½ miles NNW of Whitchurch r. station. Post town, Newbury. Acres, 1,350. Real property, £1,200. Pop., 80. Houses, 17. The manor belongs to the Earl of Carnarvon. The living is a donative in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £20. Patron, the Earl of Carnarvon. The church was rebuilt in 1704.
Woodcott through time
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