KENCOTT, a parish in the hundred of BAMPTON, county of OXFORD, 5 miles (S.) from Burford, Containing 174 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford, rated in the king's books at £6. 19. 4. H. Hammersley, Esq. was patron in 1801. The church is dedicated to St. George. Here is a small sum for the instruction of poor children, the gift of Goddard Carter, in 1723.