ASCOTT, a parish in the hundred of CHADLINGTON, county of OXFORD, 5 miles (N. E by N.) from Burford, containing 409 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford, endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Vicar of Shipton. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. There are places of worship for Particular Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists.