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
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
Service of Induction draft 2 - for Janice Collier. the new vicar of Bampton with Clanfield in September 2018 What you need to know about Janice. She is a bit bossy, after all she used to be a physiotherapist, working at Alder Hey Childrens Hospital, and in Special Schools. Married to Andrew with 3 grown up children and 5 granddaughters. Ordained in 2001 at Liverpool Cathedral, served as a curate in Holy Trinity Formby, and then as Vicar of St Mary, Hale with Halebank in 2005 and the Deanery Youth Minister. In 2010 she became Team Rector in the South Widnes Team with three parishes, and now it is time to move on and be Vicar of Bampton with Clanfield. She loves ballet, watching , not performing. She enjoys eating Italian food. She is really quite normal
