Two local families, Barry & Geraldine Court and Gerald & Yvonne Clutterbuck & son Lee set off to cross Africa 1975.

This lovely photograph of Bill Daniels was taken by Eric Stott in 1980

These are brothers Jim and Dick Daniels. Jim is the older brother standing in the front in a scout's uniform. Dick is in the background. A few years later Jim joined the Air Scouts and did circuits and bumps and enjoyed it despite not liking heights.
Their had a sister called Freda who became Mrs Freda Bradley and she wrote a lovely book about life in Bampton she recalled during her life.

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

There is a sound recording of Constance talking about her whole working life on YouTube at https://youtu.be/lnKzcJOBO8Q

This is the family tree of Richard Edginton.

Names in the family tree.

Barrett Basson Bellinger

Bone Buckingham Bunce

Burchell Butler Cole

Edginton Elward Fowler

Griffiths Hewish Hibberd

Jones Jordan Knott

La Croix Loveridge McGregor

Merchant Merrick Mills

Newman Perchard Preston

Tanner Tinson Townsend

Whitlock Woodley Wraight

This family tree of the descendants of Thomas Tanner b1668 and Elizabeth Simmes b1669 was researched and put together by Janet Newman. Family names within this tree include:-

Family names within this tree are
Akers, Aldsworth , Bailey, Barratt, Bartlett,
Beale, Berrisford, Biles, Bishop, Blencowe, Broderick,
Brooks, Buckingham, Buckley, Burchell, Butler, Cadd , Cato,
Carter, Clack, Cleaver, Cockhead, Cook,, Cooper
Cole, Cotton, Cripps, Cross, Dent, Dix,
Dobbs , Douglas , Downs, Easton, Edwards,
Elward , Fisher, Flux , Giles, Gillett, Godfrey,
Green, Hawcutt, Haynes, Hewish, Higgs, Hoar,
Hoare , Hunt, Jones, Kennett, La Croix, Lock, Lomas,
Lockey, Lowe, May, McGregor, Miller, Moss, Mullcock,
Neale, Neville, Newman, Parker, Pearce, Philpott, Preston,
Phipps, Poole, Portlock, Probits , Randall, Robins, Robinson,
Rose, Sandland, Shepherd, Simmes, Shewry , Simpson, Smith,
Timms, Townsend , Turner, Walsgrove, Wells, Whitlock
Waight, Wilkins, Wilson , Woodley, Wyatt.

These are a collection of records compiled by Lloyd Hughes Owens and cover many aspects of local life and people. 1247 local tithes; 1275 extract from Quo Warranto Roll concerning tenures; 1288 Bond of obligation to pay rent for Vicars' house; 1262 Grant of land in Chimney; 1307-8 Confirmation of the rights of the D & C to manorial privilege in Bampton; 1318 Composition concerning common pasture; 1308-19 Records in suit - depositions of witnesses etc - concerning the tithes of Standlake and concerning the burial of the people of Standlake in Bampton parish church; 1360 Judgement in a suit against the chaplain of Standlake; 1406 Memoranda about the burials of the people of Standlake and Herdwyck away from Bampton parish church; 1445 Copy of an earlier grant, exemplified by Edmund Lacy, bishop of Exeter by the Bishop of Lincoln of portions of the parish church of Bampton to the D & C of Exeter; mid 15th century Draft letter recommending Richard Daber as Vicar of Bampton; late 15th century Group of letters about the manor of Bampton, addressed to the bailiff of the manor; 1503-4 Reference to the rebuilding of the chancel of Bampton church; Repairs made in 1496 at a cost of £20 in the accounts spread over 20 years; late 15th century? Reference to a suit between the Earl of Shrewsbury and the D & C concerning common of pasture in Bampton; 1670 Certificate by Bishop of Oxford re William Hodge's resignation of the vicarage; 1691 Receipt by Mr Veysey for the court rolls of Bampton. There is much more information in this collection of papers.

Dr Alan Cole was in the practice in Bampton for many years. In this picture you can see his on-call alarm in his top pocket.

Yet again the local plan for housing has been delayed. West Oxfordshire District Council said it is because they've received far more feedback from local than they expected and they need time to go through them all. While we have no plan in place we are open for speculators to put in application for housing developments which really annoys residents

This delightful drawing of Francis Shergold by Alan Beers is dated 1990. Francis was squire of the Bampton Traditional Morris Men