In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Windrush like this:
WINDRUSH, a parish, with a village, in Northleach district, Gloucester; 4 miles W by N of Burford r. station. Post town, Burford, under Faringdon. Acres, 1,710. Real property, £2,037; of which £20 are in quarries. Pop., 290. Houses, 65. The manor belongs to Lord Sherborne. There is a Roman camp. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Sherborne. The church is old. Charities £20 and 10 acres for fuel.
Windrush through time
Windrush is now part of Cotswold district. Click here for graphs and data of how Cotswold has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Windrush itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Windrush, in Cotswold and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11467
Date accessed: 17th April 2024
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