St Mary's seen from Sandford Field
- BCA - 2019.2153
- Pièce
- 1950s
This view of St Mary The Virgin Church was taken looking across Sandford Field, probably in the 1950s but could be ten years earlier.
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St Mary's seen from Sandford Field
This view of St Mary The Virgin Church was taken looking across Sandford Field, probably in the 1950s but could be ten years earlier.
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These picture were taken in 2007 and show the electric motor which now drives the church clock. It used to be powered by weight and pendulum which had to be wound up twice a week along with the weight that drove the carillon.
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Barn Dance held in St. Mary's Church in 2003.
This was a barn dance held in Saint Mary's in 2003 to help raise funds for the church. Bampton is lucky to have kept its retained fire service and the firemen and women very kindly move the pews both before and after the event.
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Coach outing from Bampton c1933
This was a coach out from Bampton with many members of the Green family, all named on the photograph
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St Mary's choir sing Evensong at Lichfield Cathedral April 18th 2015
On Saturday April 18th 2015 the choir from St Mary The Virgin, Bampton went to Lichfield Cathedral to sing Sung Evensong. Choir master and conductor David New, organist on the day for the choir was John Ridgway.
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The old Carillon in St Mary's, Bampton
The old carillon had to be turned off permanently in the end when too many pins on the drum had fallen out and simply would not stay in place when put back.
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Details of the 8 bells in St Mary The Virgin church
This page gives information on the 8 bells that hang in St Mary The Virgin church - their diameter, the date they were cast and who made them.
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Wall in Church Close being repaired and new opening created February 17th 2016
A large section of wall in Church Close fell and badly damaged at least two vehicles. The wall was eventually repaired and a new opening created where a gateway was made.
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The creation of a new John The Baptist statue to go on the base of the spire of St Mary's 1990
Dr Alan Gaydon was churchwarden at St Mary The Virgin for several years and during his tenure the gales of January 25th 1990 blew the stature of John The Baptist off the base of the spire.
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St Mary's choir boys on an outing to Southsea in 1947
In 1947 no girls were allowed in the choir at St Mary's which was quite normal in most churches at that time. In the summer of 1947 these 9 choirboys were taken on an outing to Southsea as a treat.
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