Burcott is a
hamlet
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in the
civil parish
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of
Bierton, in
Buckinghamshire
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, England.
Until 2020 it was in
Bierton with Broughton parish.
Its name is common one England, and refers to a fortified
cottage
A cottage, during Feudalism in England, England's feudal period, was the holding by a cottager (known as a cotter or ''bordar'') of a small house with enough garden to feed a family and in return for the cottage, the cottager had to provide ...
. This is probably the stronghold referred to in the place name of Bierton. Adversely Bierton is now the larger place while Burcott has hardly grown at all.
Today the hamlet has been completely swallowed up by the growth of Bierton village, though it is still marked on modern maps. The playing field on which stands Bierton
Scout hut marks the boundary between the village and the hamlet.
References
Hamlets in Buckinghamshire
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