Terry Crowley, the father of Rosemary Linnet Sanguine, bought Thatched Cottage in the early 1960s and set about doing some research on the dwelling, which is one of the oldest in Bampton. This pdf documents his findings. The Thatched Cottage, in Church Street, probably the oldest house in Bampton. Terry and Wendy Crowley moved to Bampton in 1963 and the house was then derelict. Owned by William Lock and his wife Rose. History includes notes and text written by John Blair Historian.
Photographs showing the creation and siting of the two new clocks for the Town Hall to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II . Professor Sir Martin Landray unveiled these new clocks on The Town Hall as part of Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee celebrations May 2022.
Leaflet advertising Literary Afternoon for children organised to raise funds for a new early years unit at Bampton Primary School. Programme included items by Liz Rose, daughter of Dick King-Smith, Richard McBrien and Matthew Rice
Newspaper article about Janet Newman organising the Bampton Festival in 1985, originally meant to celebrate the building of the Grammar School built from funds left by Robert Vesey in 1653. The Festival included events, concerts and exhibitions including skeleton of child and many photographs of Old Bampton.
Mr & Mrs Horace Morse and daughter Kit, later Mrs Kit Jackson Horace Morse collected the contents of the lavatory buckets which were put outside the houses on Wednesday. He had a horse drawn cart with a tank on the back and would then spread this on farmers' fields. He also collected the ashes and rubbish in a high sided square cart and emptied this in Gog Lane. Sewerage didn't came to Bampton until 1950's.
