The name Combe, meaning valley, seems inappropriate for a village set on a hill top 45m above Evenlode valley floor! The village may have moved…
Together with Broadwell and Kencot, Langford forms a long roadside community off the main Lechlade to Burford road, in the broad upper Thames…
Located towards the southern edge of the ancient Wychwood Forest, Hailey derives its name from 'lea', a woodland clearing, for making 'hay'. Despite…
An Abbey is recorded at Bruern as early as 1147. The monastery was small and disreputable even compared to others in the Cotswolds, with a racy…
Chipping Norton is a bustling, buzzing, working Cotswold market town at the ‘Gateway to the Cotswolds’ boasting a packed agenda of local festivals,…
The name of Salford originates from a crossing in the London turnpike road and an old salt track from the Midlands salt mines. Salford is a small…
A small village close to Burford, just over a mile further up the Windrush Valley. The village was renowned in earlier times for its stone…
For a small village, Asthall is rich in history: a former Roman settlement on Akeman Street, which linked Cirencester with St Albans; the village…
A beautiful and peaceful stone village on the north-east edge of the Cotswolds. Ramsden, meaning 'wild garlic valley', is another ideal base for…
Sitting within the boundaries of the ancient royal hunting Forest of Wychwood, Finstock is a peaceful village which dates back to 1135. While parts…
An attractive village with two village greens in the broad acres of the Thames Valley, east of Lechlade set amidst good farming country, with a…
Kingham is a peaceful and secluded village, once chosen as Country Life's 'England's Favourite Village', yet it has a main line train service to…
With its medieval bridge, old stone houses and attractive Tudor and Georgian frontages, Burford is justifiably one of the most picturesque towns in…
Stanton Harcourt is a small village dating from a Bronze Age settlement, this most attractive village is noted as the home of the Harcourt family who…
The village of Ascott under Wychwood is situated on the south side of the River Evenlode and lies on the Cotswold Railway (between Worcester and…
A small village, close to the River Thames, handy for Oxford, and south east of Witney. Tucked away off the beaten track with plenty of walks. The…
Freeland's name derives from the Old English word, fyrth, meaning a wood and the village developed as a ribbon community along the old road between…
Close to the River Windrush just south of Witney and now by-passed, the village focal point is its beautiful pond on the green. The church tithe…
A small, quiet village 2 miles south west of Burford, close to the county border with Gloucestershire, Westwell supposedly takes its name from the…
