Burford

Burford

Burford (spr. Borford), Marktflecken an der Windrush in der englischen Grafschaft Oxford; 1400 Ew.; fertigen Sattel, wollene u. leinene Zeuge. Hier 750 Sieg des Königs Cuthred von Wessex über Ethelbald von Mercia. Später gehörte B. den Grafen von Glocester. 1676 erhob König Karl II. seinen natürlichen Sohn Beauclair zum Grafen von B., in dessen Familie der Titel blieb.


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