Photos of St John the Baptist Church in Burford, Oxfordshire

Burford Photo Gallery - Pictures of St John the Baptist Church

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St John the Baptist, Burford, from the churchyard

Carvings above the south porch, St John the Baptist,Burford

Carvings over the south porch of St John the Baptist, Burford

The nave of the church

Table tombs in a side chapel

The Tanfield Monument, St Catherine's Chapel, Burford

The Tanfield Monument

Tanfield Mounument close-up

Tomb carvings in the north aisle

The nave of the church

The medieval font (the font cover is Victorian). Inside the font is a carving by a Leveller prisoner held in the church.

Lovely altar carvings, in a side chapel

Norman door, on the east wall of the church

Memorial to 3 slain Levellers, on the south wall of the parish church

A fanciful tomb carving, outside the south door of St John the Baptist church

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