The Community of Fancott in General

Landscape

The solid, or underlying, geology of Fancott is known as Gault Formation, a mudstone laid down between 99 and 112 million years ago in the warm, shallow seas of the Cretaceous Period. Much of the soil is a substance called till, a diamicton formed up to 2 million years ago during glaciation. To the east much of the soil is made up of glaciofluvial deposits of sand and gravel formed during the same time-period. The Fancott Arms lies about 325 feet above sea-level.

Name

Fancott simply means "fen cott" or marsh cottages. The name was recorded as Fencote in 1212, 1215 and 1276 and as Fancote in 1224, 1276 and 1304.

Administrative History