Bourton | |
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Former Baptist church, now the village hall | |
Location within Oxfordshire | |
Area | 5.51 km2 (2.13 sq mi) |
Population | 326 (2011 Census) |
• Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | SU231870 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Swindon |
Postcode district | SN6 |
Dialling code | 01793 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Oxfordshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Website | bourton-oxon |
Bourton is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Highworth in neighbouring Wiltshire. Bourton was part of the parish of Shrivenham until 1867,[1] and was in Berkshire until the 1974 local government boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 326.[2]