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Burford
Burford is a small medieval town on the River Windrush in the Cotswold hills in West Oxfordshire, England. It is often referred to as the 'gateway' to the Cotswolds. Burford is located 18 miles (29 km) west of Oxford and 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Cheltenham, about 2 miles (3 km) from the Gloucestershire boundary. The toponym derives from the Old English words burh meaning fortified town or hilltown and ford, the crossing of a river. The 2011 Census recorded the population of Burford parish as 1,410 and Burford Ward as 1,847.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
burford
A town in the county of Oxford, England. It is celebrated for a battle fought between Cuthred, king of the West Saxons, and Ethelbald, king of the Mercians; and for a victory by Fairfax in 1649 over the army of Charles I. at Edgehill, in its vicinity.
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Burford is ranked #6861 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Burford surname appeared 4,905 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Burford.
78.3% or 3,843 total occurrences were White.
16% or 789 total occurrences were Black.
2.4% or 119 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2% or 102 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.5% or 28 total occurrences were Asian.
0.4% or 24 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Burford in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Burford in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Burford in a Sentence
...Henri IV of France wisecracked that there were three things that nobody believed: that Archduke Albert was a good general, that he (Henri) was a good Catholic and the Queen of England was a virgin..." E.J. Burford, The Orrible Synne, Calders & Bayers, London, 1973, Ch. 13, p. 166.
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