Testimonial to Ted Dixey, Bellringer in recognition of 50 years membership of the Guild of Bellringers

St Beornwald of Bampton by John Blair 1984 He was an Anglo Saxon Saint and Bampton Church was originally called St Beornwald's
Bampton parish church was an Anglo-Saxon ‘old minster’. Scattered references show that St. Beornwald, described variously as ‘confessor’ and ‘priest and martyr’, was enshrined there from the mid 950s or earlier until the Reformation, and that the feast of his ‘deposition’ was celebrated on 21 December. A 14th-century gabled recess in the north transept may be part of his shrine; a monumental brass showing an ecclesiastic holding a crozier was possibly added in the early 15th century. It is suggested that Beornwald, who must have died between the mid 7th and mid 10th century, may have been head or founder of the minster community

The programme for Christmas celebrations was delivered to every household in 2024.

Photographs taken by Henry Taint of Bampton Church between 1890 and 1915

18587 Bampton Church Southby Chapel
6306 Bampton Church from south
6308 Bampton Church from South West
6309 Bampton Church from West
6312 Bampton Church Chancel Arch
6313 Bampton Church the old Reredos 14th Century 12 Apostles
6314 Bampton Church OHC 1885 Bampton South Door
6315 Bampton Church West Porch
6316 Bampton Church South Porch OHC 1885
6809 Bampton Church from West
8414 Bampton Church Interior
10032 The Horde Chapel, Bampton Church
10037 The Horde Chapel, Bampton Church
11705 In the Horde Chapel, Bampton Church Thomas Horde Plaque 1890
11706 In the Horde Chapel, Bampton Church , Barbara Horde, Jane Horde
11707 In the Horde Chapel Marble Plaque 1900
18574 Bampton Church, East Window
18575 Bampton Church from the East 1915
18576 St Mary's Church Bampton 1915
18579 From the South Transept West Bampton Church
18580 Tomb of Lord Talbot Bampton Church Southby Chapel
18581 Bampton Church Southby Chapel
18582 Bampton Church From North west
18583 Inside the South Porch Bampton Castle
18585 North Transept Door Bampton Church
18648 Bampton Church
18649 Bampton Church
18650 Bampton Church, Lady Chapel
57124 Plaque Charles Horde, Horde Chapel Bampton Church
51123 Plaque Susanna Horde, Horde Chapel Bampton Church

List and dates of Letters following the drive to allow St Mary's to be used for worship by our Roman Catholic neighbours. But no copies of letters

August 2015, 92 year-old Vera Elward took a sponsored microflight to raise money for the church organ fund. When she was 95 years old she raised more money by flying a glider for an hour. She also wrote a poetry book to add to her money -raising efforts. In total she raised about £4000 towards the renovation of the church organ.

Baptist Sunday School outing, Emmie Papworth on the left wearing glasses; Freda Daniels 4th from left second row.

Poster to announce Services for Holy Week and Easter 2024

Copy of a Souvenir pull-out of roof restoration 2009-10 in The Beam 4
The total cost of the repairs to the Nave and Chancel Roofs was £410,000. In addition to the large number of donations from local people and those further afield, we received some £115,000 from a wide variety of events arranged by the Fund Committee members. These proved to be highly enjoyable for our community and included: A Raise The Roof Auction of Promises, a Clay Pigeon Shoot, a number of Concerts held in the Church, a talk by a famous local politician, an ‘Antiques Road Show’ held on a glorious summer’s afternoon and a Barn Dance held in Church. Donations from organisations within Bampton included: The Friends of Bampton Church Bampton Parish Council Bampton Community Shop Society for The Protection of Bampton The Junior Church We also received over £230,000 from external sources including: English Heritage The Church Commissioners Oxford Historic Churches Trust The National Churches Trust The Mercers Company Garfield Weston Trust The Pye Trust The Council for The Care of Churches We are most grateful to all our many Donors, without whose support the Roof could not have been repaired