Westcot
| Westcot | |
|---|---|
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  Westcot Location within Oxfordshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU3387 |
| • London | 73.5 miles (118.3 km) |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Wantage |
| Postcode district | OX12 |
| Dialling code | 01235 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Sparsholt and Westcot |
Westcot is a hamlet in the civil parish of Sparsholt, in the Vale of White Horse district, in Oxfordshire, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Wantage.
Westcot Camera was situated here, a property of the Templars and later of the Hospitallers until the order and their houses were suppressed in the Reformation and the Dissolution of the Monasteries, when the site contained a gatehouse and a dwelling house, of which nothing remains.[1] After the Dissolution a private house, Westcott House, was built near the site.[2]