GAWCOTT, a chapelry in the parish and within the liberty of BUCKINGHAM (borough), county of BUCKINGHAM, 2 miles (S. W.) from Buckingham, containing 566 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese of Lincoln, endowed with £ 200 private benefaction, and £ 1100 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of certain Trustees. The ancient chapel, dedicated to St. Catherine, was demolished, but a new one was opened in 1828.