In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Buscot like this:
BUSCOT, a parish in Faringdon district, Berks; on the river Thames, 4½ miles WNW of Faringdon r. station, and 1¼ SSE of Lechlade. It has a post office under Swindon. Acres, 2,846. Real property, £4,556. Pop., 467. Houses, 91. The property is subdivided. Buscot Park belonged formerly to the Ivedons and the Stone; and passed to the family of Campbell. ...
The parish is a meet for the Old Berks hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £457.* Patron, R. Campbell, Esq. The church is old but good; and contains monuments of the Lovedens. Charities, £37.
Buscot through time
Buscot is now part of Vale of White Horse district. Click here for graphs and data of how Vale of White Horse has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Buscot itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Buscot, in Vale of White Horse and Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4515
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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