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Burford

Burford
Main Street in BurfordOxfordshire, UK.jpeg
Looking north along 'The Hill'
Burford is located in Oxfordshire
Burford
Burford
Burford shown within Oxfordshire
Population 1,422 (parish, 2011 Census)
OS grid reference SP2512
Civil parish
  • Burford
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Burford
Postcode district OX18
Dialling code 01993
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
Website Burford – Gateway to the Cotswolds
List of places
UK
England
OxfordshireCoordinates: 51°48′29″N 1°38′13″W / 51.808°N 1.637°W / 51.808; -1.637

Burford /ˈbɜːrfərd/ is a medieval town on the River Windrush in the Cotswold hills in West Oxfordshire, England. It is often referred to as the 'gateway' to the Cotswolds. Burford is located 18 miles (29 km) west of Oxford and 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Cheltenham, about 2 miles (3 km) 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 1,410 and Burford Ward as 1,847.

Burford Priory is a country house that stands on the site of a 13th-century Augustinian hospital. In the 1580s an Elizabethan house was built incorporating remnants of the priory hospital. It was remodelled in Jacobean style, probably after 1637, when the estate had been bought by William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Commons in the Long Parliament. The house and later the chapel were restored for the philanthropist Emslie John Horniman, M.P., after 1912 by the architect Walter Godfrey.


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