Newspaper article about the cancellation of 2023 Shirt Race, which had been one of Oxfordshire’s most popular social events was cancelled in 2023 , The historic Great Shirt Race at Bampton, organised by the Spajers (the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Junketing) - has delighted hundreds of people annually for seven decades. Cancelled because three committee members had resigned. Don Rouse, one of the organisers still in post, was Master of Ceremonies at this race since 1970.
The modern version began in 1953 when village gasman John Quick, farmer Doug Read and fishmonger Paul Bevington dreamed up the idea of a pram race through the streets to celebrate the Queen’s Coronation.

These photos show a selection of businesses that are no longer available to the residents: Angela John Antiques, Health Matters, Barclays Bank, John Temple’s Hardware Shop, The Market Square Garage and Showroom where can be seen the clock that originally graced the Town Hall and The Farmhouse Pantry which had previously been a boutique and before that Mr Money ran his shoe maker and repair shop from that premises.

The Bampton Welfare Trust is a local charity that came into its present form thanks to the efforts of Major Robert Colvile in the mid-1970s. He brought together all the ancient charities into one entity , now known as The Bampton Welfare Trust.

The purpose of the Bampton Festival was to celebrate the 350th anniversary of The Old Grammar School. The newspaper article describes the history of the building. The festival was a village-wide celebration which ran fro 13th July to 20th July 1985. The festival included concerts, talks, old photographs, a garden contest, morris dancing and music.

This is the Bampton Directory published in 1993. It lists all the services, clubs, societies and organisations to be found in Bampton along with the contact details. Advertisers who support the publication are :-
Spar, grocery shop
Electric Vehicles
Farmhouse Hotel & Restaurant, Lew
Rouse Pianos, keyboard lessons, piano tuning, soloist available
Elephant & Castle Inn, plus accommodation
Steve Rees, plumbing & heating
Bampton Cars, short and long distances
Centre for complementary medicine
A Simmonds, bread, cakes, general groceries, toiletries, pet food
L A Wootton, visiting chiropodist
Martin Drew, chiropodist
Cancer Research Campaign
Girobank
Bampton Driving School
Day & Partners, veterinary surgeons
Hazel & Phil Shaw, B&B
Boarding Kennels
M H Thomas, building landscape gardens, fencing, supplier of cut flowers
A P Sykes, B F Sinson & Associates, Dental Surgeons
Emmies, newsagent, tobacconist, confectioner
A Garage Door Associates, supply, fit, automation, repairs etc
C L Baker, extensions, porches, conservatories, UPVC fascia & guttering
The Cotton Club, natural fabrics
Countryman Building Ltd., builders & property maintenance
Frank D Stanger, solicitor
N Woodley, building maintenance, extension, roofing, electrical, plumbing
Romany Inn, accommodation, restaurant
Andrew Bowman, master thatcher
Bubbles, dog grooming
McKenzie Brown, domestic & commercial heating, plumbing, electrical work
J Temple, hardware, DIY, fancy goods, toys
K J Mullis, plumbing and heating
P Lewis, electrician
R Cooper, builder, painter, carpentry, general repairs, dry stone walling
E Taylor & Son, funeral directors, Carterton & Witney
Health Matters, shop, homeopathic remedies, health foods, cosmetics, perfumes

Scanned copy of old document containing extracts from Gardener's Gazetteer of Oxon 1852, Lascelles' Gazetteer of Oxon 1853 and Kelly's Directory of Oxon 1895.
. Alphabetical list of trades and professions. Classification of trades and professions. Millers, dairymen and farmers, Farmers, fellmongers, fishmonger, glove manufacturers, grocers and tea dealers, Grocers and tea dealers, hair dressers, hatters, hotels, insurance agents, joiners, carpenters, linen and wool drapers and hosiers, maltsters, milliners and dressmakers, Plumbers, glaziers, saddlers & harness makers, schools, shop keepers, solicitors, stone and marble masons, straw bonnet makers, surgeons and tailors, Tallow chandler, veterinary surgeons, watch maker, wheelwrights, wine and spirit merchants.Listing businesses and trades in Bampton and surrounding villages, and the following surnames are included
Adams
Andrews
Arkell
Baines
Baker
Bateman
Beckinsale
Beechey
Beresford
Biddulph
Bradshaw
Bryant
Bullem
Burrow
Butt
Carter
Chandler
Clack
Clifford
Clinch
Collins
Cook
Cook
Cowley
Cox
Coxeter
Cripps
Croft
Dewe
Dickens
Dipper
Dumbleton
Dutton
Edgington
Eldridge
Evans
Forest
Fox
Frampton
Francis
Frederick
Gerring
Giles
Gillet
Grove
Hambridge
Hardman
Harris
Holliday
Hollis
Hudson
Hutchings
Jackson
Jeeves
Jones
Knight
Lambeth
Leforestier
Long
Lord
Luckett
May
Miller
Newport
Oakey
Patt
Perkins
Pettyfer
Pinnock
Pinnocks
Plaster
Pnnock
Prior
Pusey
Reed
Richards
Robins
Rose and Bullen
Sellard
Shepherd
Smith
Southby
Sparrowhawk
Spiers
Spurret
Steede
Stevens
Stone
Swinburn
Taylor
Teall
Thompson
Townsend
Trafford
Vesey
Waite
Walker
Walsh
Ward
Werman
Whitaker
Widdows
Wilkins
Williams
Winstanley
Winterborne
Young 

A fascinating and amusing account of the history of The Bampton Weightlifting Club.

These are a collection of records compiled by Lloyd Hughes Owens and cover many aspects of local life and people. 1247 local tithes; 1275 extract from Quo Warranto Roll concerning tenures; 1288 Bond of obligation to pay rent for Vicars' house; 1262 Grant of land in Chimney; 1307-8 Confirmation of the rights of the D & C to manorial privilege in Bampton; 1318 Composition concerning common pasture; 1308-19 Records in suit - depositions of witnesses etc - concerning the tithes of Standlake and concerning the burial of the people of Standlake in Bampton parish church; 1360 Judgement in a suit against the chaplain of Standlake; 1406 Memoranda about the burials of the people of Standlake and Herdwyck away from Bampton parish church; 1445 Copy of an earlier grant, exemplified by Edmund Lacy, bishop of Exeter by the Bishop of Lincoln of portions of the parish church of Bampton to the D & C of Exeter; mid 15th century Draft letter recommending Richard Daber as Vicar of Bampton; late 15th century Group of letters about the manor of Bampton, addressed to the bailiff of the manor; 1503-4 Reference to the rebuilding of the chancel of Bampton church; Repairs made in 1496 at a cost of £20 in the accounts spread over 20 years; late 15th century? Reference to a suit between the Earl of Shrewsbury and the D & C concerning common of pasture in Bampton; 1670 Certificate by Bishop of Oxford re William Hodge's resignation of the vicarage; 1691 Receipt by Mr Veysey for the court rolls of Bampton. There is much more information in this collection of papers.