Windrush lies about half way between Northleach and Burford, on the south side of the river from which it derives its name.

The village sits on an outcrop of what’s called Inferior oolite stone, but around it are several abandoned Great Oolite quarries, from which, no doubt, most of the houses and cottages were built.
The village green is an unenclosed triangle of grass, filled at this time of the year, as I have already said, with wildflowers and insects, and surrounded by 17th and 18th century houses.

The Norman church, dedicated to St Peter, was built in the mid 12th century, and whilst it was once a chapel of the church of Great Barrington, by the end of the 12th century a perpetual vicarage had been established.

The south doorway arch has a double set of beak heads, nearly all of them with almond shaped eyes. The beakhead is a norman decoration found in many of the churches round here. This is a particularly great example.
The chancel arch, certainly original 12th century work, has ornate twisted jamb shafts leaning conspicuously outwards.
The font is of the usual 15th century style, octagonal, with an ornate stem, and the pulpit is jacobean, of carved wood and I think particularly lovely.

Outside the church is a collection of extremely fine chest and pedastal toombs. Everywhere are signs of the importance of the wool trade in the area. On the toombs, on the ceiling of the church itself and on many of the gravestones; images of sheep are all over the place.