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Encyclopedia > Bourton, Buckinghamshire

Bourton is a hamlet in the parish of Buckingham, in Buckinghamshire, England.


The hamlet name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'fortified enclosure'.


Bourton was once the location of a great house that belonged to the Minshull family. In the English Civil War the house was plundered by Parliamentarian forces and goods to the value of £2,000 (a massive fortune in the day) were stolen. The house has long since disappeared.




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Bourton, Buckinghamshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (92 words)
Bourton is a hamlet in the parish of Buckingham, in Buckinghamshire, England.
Bourton was once the location of a great house that belonged to the Minshull family.
In the English Civil War the house was plundered by Parliamentarian forces and goods to the value of £2,000 (a massive fortune in the day) were stolen.
Bourton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (83 words)
Bourton is the name of more than one place.
Bourton, Vale of White Horse, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire
This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title.
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