Burford, Oxfordshire

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Burford is a town in Oxfordshire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Burford within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Burford in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Burford.-- par., township, and town, W. Oxfordshire, 18 miles NW. of Oxford and 76 miles NW. of London -- par., 2939 ac., pop. 1560; township, 750 ac., pop. 1312; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Saturday; formerly carried on large mfrs. of linen cloths and malt. The town is full of -quaint houses, with panelled gables and tracery work.

Burford in the Domesday Book

A village in Bampton hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

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