Burford 'Gateway to the Cotswolds'

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Elegant Burford, the Gateway to the Cotswolds, contains many beautiful buildings dating back to Tudor and Georgian times.

The Burford Parish Church with its slender steeple lies by the River Windrush. The central part of the Tower and west doorway are Norman while the rest of the church dates from around the 15th century.

In May 1649 at the end of the English Civil War, 340 of the Levellers were rounded up and imprisoned in Burford Church by Cromwell and his men. Carvings from the incarcerated soldiers and the bullet holes of the three executed ring leaders can still be seen to this day.

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Photos

Burford Parish Church
This Church dates from 1175, and it is possible that it may have been begun even earlier than that.

Burford Parish Church
Another view.

Burford Church
Holly at the Entrance.

Burford Residence
On the River Windrush.

View from the Three Arch Bridge
The River Windrush.

Comments

[k clarke]

I have taken the very same photos
i just loved burford and the rest of england i was born there in 1964 came to australia in 1969 and went back for the first time in april 2005 for my grandmars 100th birthday with my father the cotswolds where my favourate place and burford church at 6am was amazing