William Hudson's Driving Licence. 1974-1997

This is a picture of a Fancy Dress at Weald Manor that was judged by Winston Churchill's daughter.

1. Audrey Court, 2,3,4,5,6 Kath Daniels (Walker) 7, 8 Edie Daniels (Jackman) 9. Pat Dixon (Curtis) 10. Rose Hounslow (Beechey) 11 Betty Court (Griffiths), 12 Brian Court. 13. Barbara Court 14. SAlly Addison 15. 16. Jean Elward (Jones) 17. Sonia Addison 18. Janet Elward (Newman) 19 20 Gina Constable 21. Jean Addison (Walsh) 22 ? Constable 23. Stanley Radband 24. Jenny Brown 25 Shirley Daniels (Wheeler) 26. Barry Court.

Francis Shergold, who died aged 89, was the former squire and president of Bampton Traditional Morris Men, whose single-minded dedication helped to preserve morris dancing in Oxfordshire villages, and bring it to a wide and appreciative audience through concerts and folk festivals all over Britain.

Frederick was the father of William and grandfather of Frank.He lived at Plantation Cottages. which no longer exist.

An article from The Bampton Beam discussing the history of the Girl Guide movement in Bampton.A page from The Beam 1991 volume 6 No3 about the Girl Guides
in Bampton. It gives the history of the Girl Guide movement. There is a rather dark picture of Mrs Bullen (wife of Dr Bullen of Bampton) and Mrs Ewings meeting Lady Baden Powell at a Guide Rally. It is thought that the “Bampton Guide and Brownie packs were formed in 1949 by Mrs Margery Bullen who ran them for ten years with the help of Mrs Ewings and Eileen Graham. Mrs Jean
Gascoigne took over the Guides in 1964 and was their leader until 1978. Mrs Meg Daley has been running the Brownies for the past few years assisted by Miss Elizabeth Tanner who was Lieutenant of the Guides before that. Mrs Mavis Clack and the late Mrs Margaret Wythes were Brown Owl and Tawny Owl in the 1970s and before that, Mrs Ham, Mrs Dora Ewings and Mrs Lynne Barber ran the 1stBampton Brownies.” In 1950 at the Remembrance Sunday Ann Spurrett, Dinah Dafter (colour bearer) and Barbara Green represented the Brownies

Freda Bradley, copy of funeral service and eulogy held at St Mary the Virgin Church, 's

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.

2004 Programme for the Donkey Derby, annual event held on August Bank Holiday and organised by the SPAJERS. Proceeds from this go to the senior citizens of Bampton and used to provide a monetary Christmas gift and possible summer outing. The Donkeys are ridden by children in races, which are sponsored by local businesses and bets are made on the winners. Held in Sandford's Field with accompanying Fete.

letters and information researching into the Spurrett family of Bampton and Aston done c1971
13 page PDF of letters between Sheila and Syd Emm and Mr Hughes Owens. which eventually resulted in a lot of history uncovered and documented in the following link https://spurrett.uk/home/places/#bampton-oxfordshire
The blog post here includes a diagram that may help explain the relationship between the various groupings. The summaries below include the following places (so far):
Yorkshire
Stow-on-the-Wold
Siddington and the Lambourn Downs
London
Banbury, Oxfordshire
Faringdon, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire)
Hexham, Northumberland
Bampton, Oxfordshire
Aston, Oxfordshire