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Wilcot is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, in the Vale of Pewsey about northwest of Pewsey. The parish includes the village of Oare and the hamlets of Draycot Fitz Payne, Rainscombe, West Stowell and Wilcot Green. ==History== Roman coins were found in 2000 at the site of Stanchester villa. Wilcot and Draycot were recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The parish was described as follows in ''The National Gazetteer'' (1868): As noted by the Gazetteer, at the time of the Domesday Book Wilcot was one of the manors of Edward of Salisbury, who was High Sheriff of Wiltshire from 1070 to 1105 and had a "very good house" there.〔Judith A. Green, ''The Aristocracy of Norman England'' (2002), p. 62〕 There is a 17th-century legend that Wilcot Vicarage was haunted by the incessant sound of a tolling bell. It is said that a wizard caused the tolling at a request of a drunkard, who wanted to revenge himself on the vicar for refusing to ring his bells late at night. A village at East Stowell was deserted in the early 19th century. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wilcot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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