BRUERN, a liberty (extra-parochial), in the hundred
of CHADLINGTON, county of OXFORD, 3. miles
(N. by E.) from Burford, containing 64 inhabitants.
An abbey for Cistercian monks, dedicated to the Blessed
Virgin Mary, was founded by Nicholas Basset, in 1147,
the revenue of which, at the dissolution, amounted to
£ 124. 10. 10.