Burford Tolsey Archive

Burford Tolsey Archive A community project to preserve Burford's fascinating history, from medieval times up to the present day.

Ladies hard at work in Burford Laundry
05/06/2026

Ladies hard at work in Burford Laundry

A bit late today sorry. This picture is of the late John Marks, Chairman of the Burford Charity Trustees. We have 19 Al...
04/06/2026

A bit late today sorry. This picture is of the late John Marks, Chairman of the Burford Charity Trustees. We have 19 Almshouses in total, three of which are in Windrush Close. OCC stripped the Stonesfield slates from their properties and replaced them with imitation slates. John together with the Town Council and Burford and District Society led a campaign to prevent this from happening. It failed

Who is this fine upstanding man? No not Keith Davies!! Could it be Mr Packer?
03/06/2026

Who is this fine upstanding man? No not Keith Davies!! Could it be Mr Packer?

Burford and Fulbrook W.I. outside Falkland Hall 1926
02/06/2026

Burford and Fulbrook W.I. outside Falkland Hall 1926

1958 One for Fulbrook
01/06/2026

1958 One for Fulbrook

Little Angels, not now so much!!!! My son's school friends
31/05/2026

Little Angels, not now so much!!!! My son's school friends

Thank you for identifying the people in yesterday's pic, it can now be catalogued rather than being put in a box of unkn...
30/05/2026

Thank you for identifying the people in yesterday's pic, it can now be catalogued rather than being put in a box of unknowns. Here is another skilled man to identify

Amongst the thousands of images we are sorting and cataloguing is this mystery. Can you help please. Thank you
29/05/2026

Amongst the thousands of images we are sorting and cataloguing is this mystery. Can you help please. Thank you

The dragon procession from 1973, the earliest picture I could find. The procession is to be resurrected for the Burford ...
28/05/2026

The dragon procession from 1973, the earliest picture I could find. The procession is to be resurrected for the Burford Festival, not to be missed.

Late 1970s perhaps. It will always be The Bury Barn. The name is an important part of Burford's history. The Archive ha...
27/05/2026

Late 1970s perhaps. It will always be The Bury Barn. The name is an important part of Burford's history. The Archive has many records of Manoral Courts ( Court Leets) being held there

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