Burford - Windrush Valley, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire 2003

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Cotswold scene (mist) - Burford and the Windrush Valley
• Publisher:  Chris Andrews Oxford Picture Library
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  2nd. class blue Machin defin.
• Postmark(s):  Oxford Mail Centre 2003
• Sent to:  Kingsdown, near Deal, Kent
• Notes & Key words: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Burford (pronounced /'b??f?d/) is a town on the River Windrush in the Cotswold hills in Oxfordshire, England, about 16 miles (26 km) west of Oxford. The name derives from the Old English words burh meaning fortified town or hilltown and ford meaning ford (crossing).

Burford Priory is an 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.^[2] In the 17th century 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 E.J. Horniman, M.P., after 1912 by the architect Walter Godfrey.^[3]

From 1949, Burford Priory housed The Society of the Salutation of Our Lady, a community of Church of England nuns. In the 1980s, its numbers dwindled so in 1987 it became a mixed community including Church of England Benedictine monks. In 2008, the community sold the property and it has now returned to being a private house.^[4]

Burford is home to the Blue Cross National Animal Welfare Charity. 'The Cotswold Wildlife Park' is also located near Burford, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) South down the A361 towards Lechlade.

Burford County Primary School is the town's primary school and is located in Priory Lane, and Burford School, a mixed comprehensive school / secondary school, is also found in the town. The primary school fete, held every summer, includes a procession (including a dragon) down the high street to the school, where there are stalls and games.

Burford was recently twinned with Potenza Picena, a small town in the Marche, on the East Adriatic coast of Italy. Links are growing with many groups in the town including the school, football team and church.

In April 2009, Burford was ranked sixth in US business magazine Forbes magazine's list of "Europe's Most Idyllic Places To Live".