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Constance Irene de Hamel Aug 10th 1916 to November 20th 2009

  • BCA - 2017.1075
  • Item
  • November 20th 2009

This is the funeral program from the church service for Constance Irene de Hamel. Constance did many things but is possibly best known for being a continuity announcer during WWII.

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Church Clock mechanism

  • BCA - 2019.2097
  • Item
  • seen in 2006

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.

  • BCA - 2019.1973
  • Item
  • 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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Junior Church in St Mary's Good Friday 1999

  • BCA - 2019.2192
  • Item
  • Good Friday 1999

Junior Church seen in St Mary's on Goof Friday 1999 along with their leader Mrs Margaret Battersby.

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Repair of the church steeple May 1995

  • BCA - 2019.2233
  • Item
  • May 1995

In May, 1995, the top of the steeple of St Mary's was repaired and a new mounting for the weather vane was put on. While the vane was down it was re-gilded. These are the two men who did the work.

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Dr Alan Gaydon's photographs of St Mary's

  • BCA - 2017.1080
  • Item
  • 1990

Dr Alan Gaydon was a churchwarden at St Mary's for several years. He photographed the church from inside to out, ground level to the roof and recorded the restoration of the top of the spire and re-guilding of the cockerel on the top.

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AGM of St Mary's plus Clanfield, Aston, Lew and Shifford churches

  • BCA - 2020.2496
  • Item
  • April 1983

This cutting is from April 1983 and records the basic details from the AGM of the group of five churches which are Clanfield, Bampton, Lew, Aston and Shifford. The vicar was Andrew Scott and he had just completed his first year

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Non-stop tunes for floral fun in Clanfield

  • BCA - 2019.2183
  • Item
  • 1978

John Chipperfield usually has a page in the Witney Gazette where he recalls events in times past. This item recalls the time in 1978 when Susan Morris, pictured at the organ in Clanfield Church played for 10 hours taking turns with John White and John Goodrun. It was to accompany the Flower Festival in the church. Susan is still playing at Clanfield (2019)

In 1978 the vicar looked after both Bampton and Clanfield churches. By 1970, the vicar of the time lived in the vicarage in Bampton and was responsible for the churches not only of Clanfield and Bampton but Lew, Aston and Shifford as well.

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