Burford
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Burford () is a town on the River Windrush, in the Cotswold hills, in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is often referred to as the 'gateway' to the Cotswolds. Burford is located west of Oxford and southeast of Cheltenham, about from the Gloucestershire boundary. The toponym derives from the Old English words burh meaning fortified town or hilltown and ford, the crossing of a river. The 2011 Census recorded the population of Burford parish as 1,422.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Burford
- UK place.static_image_name
- Main Street in BurfordOxfordshire, UK.jpeg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Looking north along 'The Hill'
- UK place.population
- 1422
- UK place.population_ref
- (parish, 2011 Census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP2512
- UK place.civil_parish
- Burford
- UK place.shire_district
- West Oxfordshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Oxfordshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- Burford
- UK place.postcode_area
- OX
- UK place.postcode_district
- OX18
- UK place.dial_code
- 01993
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Witney
- UK place.website
- Burford Town Council
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1410
- Official website
- www.burfordtown.com
- Image
- Main Street in BurfordOxfordshire, UK.jpeg
- Dialing code
- 01993
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- Commons category
- Burford, Oxfordshire
- OS grid reference
- SP251121
- postal code
- OX18
- P12749
- Lars Hirschfeld
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Economic and social history
- Priory
- English Civil Wars – the Banbury mutiny
- Bell foundry
- Easter Synod
- Battle of Burford and the Golden Dragon
- Amenities
- Media
- Local legend and literature
- Notable people
- In popular culture
- Listed buildings
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Burford () is a town on the River Windrush, in the Cotswold hills, in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is often referred to as the 'gateway' to the Cotswolds. Burford is located west of Oxford and southeast of Cheltenham, about from the Gloucestershire boundary. The toponym derives from the Old English words burh meaning fortified town or hilltown and ford, the crossing of a river. The 2011 Census recorded the population of Burford parish as 1,422.
==Economic and social history== The town began in the middle Saxon period with the founding of a village near the site of the modern priory building. This settlement continued in use until just after the Norman Conquest of England when the new town of Burford was built. On the site of the old village a hospital was founded which remained open until the Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII. The modern priory building was constructed some 40 years later, in around 1580.
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