Littlecote, Buckinghamshire

Littlecote Lane, which passes the former Littlecote Farm; to the left was the site of the deserted mediæval village of Lidcote
Littlecote, in the English county of Buckinghamshire, also known as Lidcote, was a village about eight miles north of Aylesbury. A settlement with ten households was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.[1] In the late 15th century, the landowner, Thomas Pigott, started to enclose land for sheep grazing, which was for him a profitable use of the land. By 1507, enclosure had been completed and the village had been depopulated and destroyed.[2]
The present settlement consists of a farm and a dispersed hamlet, in Stewkley parish.[3]
References
- Littlecote in the Domesday Book
- Abandoned communities – Buckinghamshire
- "Littlecote, Aylesbury Vale". GetOutside. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
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