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Burford
Burford is a little medieval community on the River Windrush, in the Cotswold hills, in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is commonly described as the 'portal' to the Cotswolds. Burford is located 18 miles (29 km) west of Oxford and 22 miles (35 kilometres) southeast of Cheltenham, concerning 2 miles (3 km) from the Gloucestershire boundary. The toponym stems from the Old English words burh suggesting prepared community or hilltown as well as 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 notable structure is the Church of St John the Baptist, a Church of England parish church, which is a Quality I listed structure. Described by David Verey as "a complicated structure which has created in an interested method from the Norman", it is recognized for its sellers' guild church, memorial to Henry VIII's barber-surgeon, Edmund Harman, featuring South American Indians and also Kempe tarnished glass. In 1649 the church was used as a jail during the Civil War, when the New Model Army Banbury mutineers were held there. Some of the 340 detainees left makings and also graffiti, which still endure in the church. The town centre additionally has some 15th-century residences and also the baroque style condominium that is currently Burford Methodist Church. In between the 14th as well as 17th centuries Burford was very important for its woollen profession. The Tolsey, midway along Burford's High Street, which was once the focal point for trade, is now a museum.
