Astcote

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Astcote
Northamptonshire
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Astcote
Location
Grid reference: SP677532
Location: 52°10’24"N, 1°-0’39"W
Data
Post town: Towcester
Postcode: NN12
Local Government
Council: West Northamptonshire

Astcote is a hamlet near Towcester in Northamptonshire, half a mile south of the little villages of Pattishall and Eastcote. Watling Street, the main Roman road from London to Chester, runs by the hamlet, having crossed the Great Ouse at Towcester.

The settlement is recorded in the Domesday Book under the name of Aviescote.[1]

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