In the 19th century this long range comprised two pairs of cottages.
Most of the present house is late 17th-century, built probably by the chandler Thomas Parsons who owned and lived in it in 1708.
Several houses at Witney Street's north-west end (before the modern cul-de-sac of Sylvester Close) began as outbuildings for premises on High Stree
One of the earliest Dissenting groups in Burford were the Friends or Quakers.
This site will soon contain all Burford wills and inventories for 1500-1699. There will be a glossary to help with obscure words.
In the 17th and early 18th centuries this was the Star Inn, owned and sometimes occupied by members of the Taylor family.
Externally there are few clues to the age and interest of this building.
The house has 17th-century origins, and in 1703 was owned by a carpenter and apparently let as four properties.
These three separate houses are probably all of 17th-century origin. No.
