Burford

Other current and historical names

Bureford

Built-Up Area: Tenbury Wells
Parish/Community: Burford
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°19'4"N 2°35'55"W
Eastings/Northings: 359287, 269035
OS Grid: SO592690
Mapcode Local: GBR BQ.W4Y1
Mapcode Global: VH84C.XZ1Z

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. and township, S. Shropshire, on river Teme, 1 mile W. of Tenbury -- par., 6672 ac., pop. 1335; township, pop. 428; contains Burford, seat of Lord Northwick.

Burford in the Domesday Book

A village in Overs hundred, in the county of Shropshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Richard Scrope
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern son of Richard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern son of Richard
- Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 24 smallholders; 6 slaves; 2 priests; 10 other
- Plough Teams: 23 men's ploughs (29 plough lands)
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 2

British Place Names

Burford, Shropshire

Burford is a village in Tenbury Wells, Shropshire

Burford in historic gazetteers

Burford in the Domesday Book