During some building work at her cottage, the owner, Leanne Mullen, found a child’s shoe. The shoe was found in December 2024, within the original back wall of Dunlaoghaire, Primrose Lane. The cottage had a catslide roof added in later years so this original back was currently an internal wall. It is thought that the cottage dates back to 1800-1820? The shoe was badly worn and in pieces with the top, heel and sole all separated as 3 separate parts. It was around 15cm in length, composed of black leather which surprisingly was still soft to the touch (once the dust was removed). In order to keep the shoe as an intrinsic part of the structure of the cottage, it has been placed with a new wall that has just been used to block up a chimney breast.
Dunloaghaire was the home of Francis and Anne Shergold, for many years, and Paul McGrath, their grown up nephew lived with them.

Excavations at Thatched Cottage, Church Street by John Blair

Thatched Cottage by Terry Crowley 1963 & excavations. This is a fascinating description of the renovation and history of the thatched cottage in Church Street.

Selection of Photographs
BA5EDB This is a 14th century hooded fireplace in Ham Court in the room called the solar. Seen
here is 1946. It is a small room in the large farmhouse and would soon have been made warm with
the fire, ideal for warming up after a day's hunting in the cold.
BA676F An old drawing of Ham Court, sometime referred to as Bampton Castle. In the 1870s the
turret walling was restored and an addition put on the south side of the building. The old building
seen in this picture was once the west gate house to the castle. The archway has been filled in on
both sides to make a fully enclosed farmhouse.
BA80E7 This is the east side of what was the western gatehouse of Bampton Castle. The archway
was originally open on both sides of the gatehouse to allow carriages to come and go.
BA9E81 Ham Court farmhouse, originally the western gatehouse of Bampton Castle.
BA05A2 This boss is in the middle of one of the two rooms on the first floor of Ham Court which are
directly above what was once the passageway through the gatehouse in the west wall of the castle.
BAC569 This is the western aspect of the west gatehouse of Bampton Castle, which is now Ham
Court Farm.
Internal door in Ham Court

High Street shops in the 1940s, 50s and 60s

Restoration and renovation of Roseann, Church Street 36 photographs of building and renovation of old cottage in Church Street

The Grange through the C20th Series of Photographs and newspaper announcement of Sale by Major and Mrs Scott

Newspaper cuttings about Opening of the refurbished Town Hall in August 1972 ,
Mr Hughes Owens, Mrs Davey Ray Carter

29 photographs of Bampton Town Hall from 1860's plus page of descriptions of each photo.

4 photographs showing carved initials on the window sills and walls of the Old Grammar School