Great Bourton
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| Great Bourton | |
  Great Bourton shown within Oxfordshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| District | Cherwell |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BANBURY |
| Postcode district | OX17 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Banbury |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Great Bourton is a village in Oxfordshire in England, around three miles north of Banbury and close to the villages of Little Bourton and Cropredy.
Great Bourton has a pub, The Bell, a village hall (which used to be the Methodist Chapel) and a church, All Saints, built in 1863. The bell tower of All Saints is detached from the church and above the lych gate. There are reportedly only three churches in the UK where this is the case.
During the Battle of Cropredy Bridge in 1644, the Parliamentarian army led by General Waller, saw that the royalist army were strung out from their position on the higher ground near to Great Bourton and took the decision to attack. Waller's forces were pushed back to Great Bourton when they met the Earl of Northampton's brigade of horses.
[edit] Various Photographs
 Great Bourton, The Bell Tower. |
 Great Bourton, The Village Hall. |
 Great Bourton, From the Air |
