Burford
Burford is a little medieval town on the River Windrush, in the Cotswold hillsides, in the West Oxfordshire area of Oxfordshire, England. It is frequently referred to as the 'entrance' to the Cotswolds. Burford is located 18 miles (29 kilometres) west of Oxford and 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Cheltenham, about 2 miles (3 km) from the Gloucestershire border. The toponym originates from the Old English words burh suggesting fortified community or hilltown and ford, the going across of a river. The 2011 Census recorded the population of Burford parish as 1,410 and also Burford Ward as 1,847. The community centre's most remarkable building is the Church of St John the Baptist, a Church of England parish church, which is a Quality I noted structure. Described by David Verey as "a complex building which has created in an interested method from the Norman", it is understood for its vendors' guild church, memorial to Henry VIII's barber-surgeon, Edmund Harman, including South American Indians and also Kempe discolored glass. In 1649 the church was made use of as a prison throughout the Civil War, when the New Model Army Banbury mutineers were held there. A few of the 340 prisoners left makings as well as graffiti, which still endure in the church. The town centre additionally has some 15th-century homes and the baroque style townhouse that is currently Burford Methodist Church. In between the 14th as well as 17th centuries Burford was important for its wool profession. The Tolsey, midway along Burford's High Street, which was once the prime focus for profession, is currently a gallery.
