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Why we should support our farmers
Nicholas Field-Johnson, County councillor for Burford and Carterton North, writes as follows: Farms are handed down generation to...
Gordon Elliot
Jan 152 min read


If winter comes, can spring be far behind?*
These are the first of this season's daffodils that we have spotted - this morning during a walk around Burford. *Percy Bysshe Shelley,...
Gordon Elliot
Jan 121 min read


Christmas Shop Window Competition
The ad hoc choir sings before the switch-on As Christmas recedes in our memories, here is a reminder of the Christmas lights switch-on...
Gordon Elliot
Jan 82 min read


Cotswold Christmas Quiz results
Well done to all readers who came up with the answers, or most of the answers, to our quiz. Â The first person to email us with all the...
Gordon Elliot
Jan 13 min read


Gordon Elliot
Dec 31, 20240 min read


There's still time to enter our fiendish Cotswold Christmas Quiz
Entries close at 2359 on 31 December. Please send your answers to editor@thebridgeburford.co.uk The Bridge Cotswold Quiz Our thanks to...
Gordon Elliot
Dec 24, 20242 min read


Christmas services in the Burford benefice
Photo credit: Pete Gould Sunday 22 December Carol service - Swinbrook church 11.00am Carols by candlelight - Burford church 4.30pm and...
Gordon Elliot
Dec 20, 20241 min read


...and while on the theme of Christmas
We associate Christmas with reindeer, the ox and the ass, a turkey... and in Burford with a dachshund, cleverly shown in lights on The...
Gordon Elliot
Dec 19, 20241 min read


A Christmas journey through Burford
Watch this video for a journey down The Hill and the High Street in Burford with the excellent new Christmas lights....
Gordon Elliot
Dec 19, 20241 min read


Restrictions on coaches in Priory Lane
You may know that Burford Town Council is trying to restrict parking for coaches in Priory Lane to vehicles of not more than 12 metres in...
Gordon Elliot
Dec 13, 20242 min read


West Oxfordshire local plan latest
This may sound boring but it is important as the local plan will have a strong influence on where development will take place (or not...
Gordon Elliot
Nov 22, 20243 min read


Street Lights will not be Switched off
We must confess that the plan to turn off Burford's street lights had completely passed us by. However, if you were worrying about this,...
Gordon Elliot
Nov 15, 20241 min read


Remembrance Sunday 10 November
Local events are as follows: Please note that Burford High Street will be closed to vehicles from 1045 to 1115am.
Gordon Elliot
Nov 8, 20241 min read


Apology
We would like to apologise to subscribers to our news updates service for the lack of...news. This was the result of Wix, who provide...
Gordon Elliot
Nov 8, 20241 min read


Mike Russell R.I.P.
Mike Russell died peacefully on 2 November. A resident of Taynton since 1988, Mike was a brilliant wildlife photographer whose work has...
Gordon Elliot
Nov 7, 20241 min read


Latest News from the BEAGles (Burford Environmental Action Group)
At our September meeting, we were lucky enough to hear from Angus Fraser, from Heat Clanfield . Like Burford, the village of Clanfield...
Gordon Elliot
Nov 2, 20242 min read


Burford finalist in Miss Great Britain
Congratulations to Kelly Wilson from Burford for winning the Miss Cotswold 2024 and becoming a finalist in the Miss Great Britain 2024...
Gordon Elliot
Oct 26, 20241 min read


Ten golden rules to prevent fraud
Remember these ten golden rules to help you prevent fraud and beat the scammers. 1. Â Be suspicious of all too good to be true offers and...
Gordon Elliot
Oct 7, 20242 min read


Maggie and me
The recent death of the extraordinary Maggie Smith brought back memories of a summer day in 2012. We had heard on the grapevine that the...
Gordon Elliot
Sep 28, 20242 min read


Plan to unlock Eynsham Park & Ride proposed
The Eynsham park-and-ride was completed earlier this year – but has yet to be connected to the A40 that runs alongside it. The 850-space...
Gordon Elliot
Sep 27, 20241 min read
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