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Pitchcott

Pitchcott is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, about two and a half miles north east of Waddesdon, and four miles south of Winslow.

The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'cottage where pitch is stored'. In manorial rolls of 1176 the village is recorded as Pichecote.

The parish church is dedicated to St Giles.