Huscote was a tiny
hamlet
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on the edge of north
Oxfordshire
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, a rural area bordering with
West Northamptonshire
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. The hamlet sits East of J11 of the
M40. Predominantly agricultural land used for grazing. Census returns from the 1800s show houses at Huscote, but today only Huscote Farm remains
There are 42
tree preservation order
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s on Huscote Farm today
See also
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History of Banbury
Banbury is a circa 1,500-year-old market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire, England. It is northwest of London, southeast of Birmingham, south of Coventry and north northwest of the co ...
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Banbury Cheese
Banbury cheese was an English cheese produced in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Once one of the town's most prestigious exports, and nationally famous, the production of the cheese went into decline by the 18th century, and was eventually forgotten. ...
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Nethercote, Banbury
Nethercote is a hamlet on the edge of north Oxfordshire, a semi-rural area bordering with West Northamptonshire. The hamlet sits South East of J11 of M40, lying South of the A422 and East of the M40. Predominantly agricultural land used for gr ...
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Hamlets in Oxfordshire
Banbury