These pictures, all taken by John Grout, record the brief moment in time where the Market Square Garage was totally removed and before Thornberry Flats were built on the site. Bell Cottage, the little thatched house is clearly visible.

Backhouse Farm & St Mary's Trailer Court 1989

Eric Hilditch

Barn & Grain drier, Backhouse farm 1989

Backhouse Farm, Weald Street 1990 or 91

Fire, geese, straw

Beam Cottage, Dor Thomson with Julie and Roger Powell

Carterton under pressure to have a 1000 home estate on its western edge as well as 700 on the eastern side. 250 already approved for the north. 2014
250 homes have got the go-ahead to be built on the northern edge of Carterton. All run-off from Carterton comes through Bampton so all building there affects us, particularly when we have heavy rain storms.

Castle View farm and house c1971

These photographs were all taken by John Grout in 1998 to record Church Street as it looked in that year.

Cromwell House is in Cheapside between Exeter House and The Old Forge. Hilda Kent lived there along with Margaret Howse after WWII until their deaths. Hilda did some research on the house and her notes are included in the pdf.

Felling the dead elm trees behind Glebelands mid 1970s

West Oxfordshire District Council's deputy, Mark Booty does not believe the housing targets are achievable. Mark feels it would be more sensible for houses to be built in the south of the county where the jobs are situated. By 2031 it is said 13,200 more homes will be needed in West Oxfordshire although there is nothing to indicate that the same number of jobs will be created.