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Burford

Burford is a little middle ages community on the River Windrush, in the Cotswold hills, in the West Oxfordshire area of Oxfordshire, England. It is commonly referred to as the 'entrance' to the Cotswolds. Burford lies 18 miles (29 kilometres) west of Oxford and 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Cheltenham, about 2 miles (3 kilometres) from the Gloucestershire limit. The toponym stems from the Old English words burh indicating fortified town or hilltown and ford, the crossing of a river. The 2011 Census recorded the population of Burford parish as 1,410 as well as Burford Ward as 1,847. The community centre's most significant structure is the Church of St John the Baptist, a Church of England parish church, which is a Quality I provided building. Explained by David Verey as "a complicated building which has developed in an interested way from the Norman", it is recognized for its sellers' guild church, memorial to Henry VIII's barber-surgeon, Edmund Harman, including South American Indians and also Kempe stained glass. In 1649 the church was made use of as a jail during the Civil War, when the New Model Army Banbury mutineers were held there. A few of the 340 detainees left carvings and also graffiti, which still survive in the church. The town centre additionally has some 15th-century residences and also the baroque style townhouse that is currently Burford Methodist Church. In between the 14th and 17th centuries Burford was essential for its woollen profession. The Tolsey, midway along Burford's High Street, which was as soon as the prime focus for trade, is currently a museum.