Football in Bampton through the C20th in photographs, some showing the names of the teams

Bampton ball at Weald manor around 1970.
Betty Morris is 2nd from the right next to Ann Place.
Possibly Doris and Mike Cleaver in centre.

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

Newspaper article about Bombing around us in WWII
August 16th 1940 RAF Brize Norton. Two German aircraft bombed the base. Nos 1 and 3 C-type hangars plus 4 aircraft were destroyed or written off. It was the most spectacular attack on any British airfield during WWII. One civilian, Frederick Harden was killed, he was 61 and came from Witney. On the same day six civilian Irish workmen were killed in the raid on RAF Stanton Harcourt which was under construction.
Stanley Jenkins describes in his book,Witney Through Time, how one of the bombs landed on Church Green and
second exploded behind the Eagle Brewery. The bombs caused blast damage to the grammar school and many houses.
their reports speak of army vehicles parked round Church Green being destroyed, windows being shattered in he church, the council offices and the police station as well as several shops. In addition, falling glass from the glazed roof of the weaving sheds at Mount Mills, the home of blanket manufacturers James Marriott and Sons, damaged the looms and production of blankets was halted while they were repaired. Remarkably the only injuries appear to have been cuts and bruises and building repairs were quickly carried out.

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

1853 Lascelles Gazetteer of Oxon, Bampton. 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.

Photo of members of the Townsend family and the cycle shop in the High Street,
First photo is Susan Townsend, second photo Mrs Clark who had the shop later when it was a greengrocers,
Next is Lucy in 1912 with Mother Susan, and man with bicycle is Algernon Colin Townsend grandfather of Phyllis, and father of Colin,
Coloured photo is Nigel and Sister Phyllis 7/4/2017

Weald Manor Fancy Dress judged by Winston Churchill's daughter at Weald Manor in 1950

WWI scenes recorded by Australian official photographer. These photographs belonged to Frank Tanner , who fought with the Australian Army during World War 11

This is Brenda Quick who was working on a farm in Bampton probably Weald Manor farm. Brenda was in the Land Army and went on to marry Bob Quick, brother of John Quick.