Swinbrook is an attractive Cotswold village located a few miles from Burford, Oxfordshire. 51°48′24.22″N, 1°35′40.31″W. Its church, sporting an unusual open-sided bell-tower, is famous for its 17th century Fettiplace monuments. The village houses the grave of the novelist Nancy Mitford, and those of her sisters Unity, Diana and Pamela. Map sources for Burford at grid reference SP2512 Looking north through Burford Priory of Our Lady Picturesque Burford Burford ( or in the IPA) is a Cotswold town in Oxfordshire, England. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in south-east England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... Nancy Mitford, 1957 The Hon. ... The Hon. ... Diana Mitford (June 17, 1910 - August 11, 2003) was one of Britains noted Mitford sisters. ...

The village is incorporated into the civil parish of Swinbrook and Widford, part of the West Oxfordshire District; Widford being a neighbouring hamlet which in mediaeval times was a substantial village; aside from the few remaining houses, there survives just the ancient church of St Oswald in a field that shows the characteristic crop-marks of deserted dwellings. A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... West Oxfordshire is a local government district in north west Oxfordshire, England including towns such as Woodstock, Chipping Norton, Charlbury, and Witney (where the council is based). ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Oswald (c. ...