Bourton
Bourton is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, England, about 4 miles southeast of Highworth in neighbouring Wiltshire. Bourton was part of the parish of Shrivenham until 1867, and was in Berkshire until the 1974 local government boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire.- Type: Village with 363 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England
- Also known as: “Bourton, Oxfordshire”, “Bourton, Oxon”, and “Bourton, Vale of White Horse”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St James and Church of St Andrew.
Royal Army Chaplains’ Museum
Museum
The Royal Army Chaplains' Museum at Shrivenham, England, tells the story of British Army chaplaincy from earliest times to the present day, with the help of archive material and historical relics from several centuries. Royal Army Chaplains’ Museum is situated 2 miles northeast of Bourton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shrivenham and Watchfield.
Shrivenham
Village
Shrivenham is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, about 5 miles south-west of Faringdon. The village is close to the county boundary with Wiltshire and about 5 miles east-northeast of the centre of Swindon.
Watchfield
Village
Watchfield is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse in on the edge of southwest Oxfordshire, southern England, about 3 miles southeast of Highworth in neighbouring Wiltshire. Watchfield is situated 2 miles northeast of Bourton.
Bishopstone
Village
Bishopstone is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, England, about 6 miles east of Swindon, and on the county border with Oxfordshire. Bishopstone is situated 2 miles south of Bourton.
Bourton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Bourton, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.58186° or 51° 34′ 55″ north
Longitude
-1.66636° or 1° 39′ 59″ west
Population
363
Elevation
344 feet (105 metres)
Open location code
9C3WH8JM+PF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Bourton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bourton (parokya sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Oxfordshire, lat 51,58, long -1,67)”
- Cebuano: “Bourton”
- Chinese: “Bourton”
- Dutch: “Bourton”
- French: “Bourton”
- Irish: “Bourton”
- Ladin: “Bourton (Berkshire)”
- Ladin: “Bourton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bourton (Vale of White Horse)”
- Polish: “Bourton”
- Swedish: “Bourton (parish i Storbritannien, Oxfordshire, lat 51,58, long -1,67)”
- Swedish: “Bourton, Vale of White Horse”
- Turkish: “Bourton, Vale of White Horse”
- Urdu: “بورٹن، ویل آف وائٹ ہارس”
- “Bourton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bourton Village Hall and Pinewood School.
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