Photograph of the Post Office, Bridge Street. This was originally the Wheatsheaf Public House,

Old newspaper adverts Date not known possible 1950's
The Talbot Hotel proprietors Mr and Mrs W G Long
The Central Garage
Hughes Garage
Jubilee Inn and Cafe Reg Pratley
The Modern Store Mr WE Slim
Margaret Roberts Hair Stylist
TA Constable Bakers
William Mathews Family Grocer
EM Hughes Gift Shop

Market Square shops and businesses from about 1900. Old photographs and text

Mr & Mrs Hill & son Arthur Hill's antique cum bric-a-brac shop in Bridge Street. Now Parallel Lines.

Arthur Hill outside his shop 1983
In 1983 Terry Crowley began taking photographs of people in Bampton who worked here, or were born here, or worked for charities here or any combination.

First Photograph is Bill Mathews and George Dutton outside the Duttons Shop, second photograph is Billy Mathew's grandmother

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

Mr & Mrs Tongue (in purple) behind Thomson's grocers, once The Romany and now Fleur de Lys. Mrs Tongue was the daughter of Mr. Constable, the baker.

Thompson Grocer Shop, now (2024) The Fleur De Lys -Restaurant and boutique hotel.