The Grade II* Parish church of St Michael and All Angels in Edgcott sits on the top of a clay ‘dun’ in western Buckinghamshire, two miles from the border with Oxfordshire.
The present church is a result of the gradual rebuilding, largely on the same floor plan, of a simple 12th-century church which consisted of a chancel and a nave both built of Combrash limestone, probably from the outcrop around Marsh Gibbon, two miles away. The first stage in the evolution of the 12th century church was the rebuilding of the chancel in the middle of the 14th century. About a century later there was major investment in the church. The tower was built and the nave was rebuilt, re-roofed and probably heightened with new windows and doorways. In 1875 the famous (and local) architect George Gilbert Scott designed a major refurbishment, most obviously a vestry was added to the north of the chancel but internally new pews were built, heating was installed and new floor tiles were laid.
In 2020 the lead roof of the nave was stolen. Temporary protection was put in place while fund raising was carried out to repair the damage. A new roof, of a material which has no commercial value, was installed in 2025.
The Edgcott church registers begin at the early date of 1538, the same year that Thomas Cromwell as Vicar General instituted their compilation. Pre 1800 Registers are stored and available for inspection in the Buckinghamshire Archives in Aylesbury. These include the Register of Christenings for 1538 – 1777, of Marriages for 1539 -1741 and of Burials for 1538 – 1773.
A Guide providing more detail on the history and architecture is available in the Church.