William Hudson. Communication from the Insurance Committee for the County of Oxford.

Godfrey served with The Welsh Guards during WW11. Sadly, he died during that war and is remembered on the Bampton War Memorial.

National Registration Card of Albert Townsend, Castle View Farm 1943

Advert for new Caretaker at BAmpton Church of England Primary School.

The purpose of the Bampton Festival was to celebrate the 350th anniversary of The Old Grammar School. The newspaper article describes the history of the building. The festival was a village-wide celebration which ran fro 13th July to 20th July 1985. The festival included concerts, talks, old photographs, a garden contest, morris dancing and music.

Football in Bampton through the C20th in photographs, some showing the names of the teams

Bampton ball at Weald manor around 1970.
Betty Morris is 2nd from the right next to Ann Place.
Possibly Doris and Mike Cleaver in centre.

Photographs supplied by Sheila Russell (nee Danford) 1) of the Carnival Queen Inga Rubensteiner, and attendants Dinah Dafter on her left. Barbara Lawrence on right, Allen Dafter (Sheila's brother was little boy sitting in the front.
2) Dora Townsend, Marjorie Danford, Lizzie Cole, and Christine James Dinner Ladies at Bampton School
3) Lizzie Cole, Marjorie Danford, and Dora Townsend
4) Marjorie Danford and Jill Ledger

List and dates of Letters following the drive to allow St Mary's to be used for worship by our Roman Catholic neighbours. But no copies of letters

Newspaper article about Bombing around us in WWII
August 16th 1940 RAF Brize Norton. Two German aircraft bombed the base. Nos 1 and 3 C-type hangars plus 4 aircraft were destroyed or written off. It was the most spectacular attack on any British airfield during WWII. One civilian, Frederick Harden was killed, he was 61 and came from Witney. On the same day six civilian Irish workmen were killed in the raid on RAF Stanton Harcourt which was under construction.
Stanley Jenkins describes in his book,Witney Through Time, how one of the bombs landed on Church Green and
second exploded behind the Eagle Brewery. The bombs caused blast damage to the grammar school and many houses.
their reports speak of army vehicles parked round Church Green being destroyed, windows being shattered in he church, the council offices and the police station as well as several shops. In addition, falling glass from the glazed roof of the weaving sheds at Mount Mills, the home of blanket manufacturers James Marriott and Sons, damaged the looms and production of blankets was halted while they were repaired. Remarkably the only injuries appear to have been cuts and bruises and building repairs were quickly carried out.