- Bourton, Buckinghamshire
infobox UK place
country = England
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latitude= 51.99
longitude=-00.98
official_name =Bourton
population =
shire_district=
shire_county=Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
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post_town= BUCKINGHAM
postcode_district = MK18
postcode_area=MK
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= SP7033Bourton is a hamlet in the
parish ofBuckingham , inBuckinghamshire ,England .The hamlet name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'fortified enclosure'.
Bourton was once the location of a great house that belonged to the Minshull family. In the
English Civil War the house was plundered by Parliamentarian forces and goods to the value of £2,000 (a massive fortune in the day) were stolen. The house has long since disappeared.
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