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Burford is a little medieval community on the River Windrush, in the Cotswold hills, in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is often described as the ‘portal’ to the Cotswolds. Burford lies 18 miles (29 kilometres) west of Oxford and 22 miles (35 kilometres) southeast of Cheltenham, about 2 miles (3 kilometres) from the Gloucestershire boundary. The toponym derives from the Old English words burh indicating fortified town or hilltown as well as ford, the going across of a river. The 2011 Census recorded the population of Burford parish as 1,410 and also Burford Ward as 1,847. The community centre’s most notable structure is the Church of St John the Baptist, a Church of England parish church, which is a Quality I noted building. Described by David Verey as “a challenging structure which has established in a curious method from the Norman”, it is recognized for its merchants’ guild chapel, memorial to Henry VIII’s barber-surgeon, Edmund Harman, including South American Indians as well as Kempe stained glass. In 1649 the church was made use of as a jail during the Civil War, when the New Model Army Banbury mutineers were held there. Several of the 340 prisoners left makings and also graffiti, which still make it through in the church. The community centre likewise has some 15th-century houses as well as the baroque design townhouse that is now Burford Methodist Church. Between the 14th as well as 17th centuries Burford was important for its woollen trade. The Tolsey, midway along Burford’s High Street, which was as soon as the prime focus for profession, is currently a gallery.