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Bampton Old Grammar School featured in Downton Abbey closer to revamp

  • BCA - 2025.8006
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  • November 2020

Newspaper report about refurbishment of the Old Grammar School.
Community groups in Bampton had spent years fundraising to upgrade the Building, used as the Cottage Hospital in the hit TV series Downton Abbey. The 17th Century building already housed the village library and archive, plus a small shop, renovation work was to start December 2020. and it was scheduled to open in Spring 2021. West Oxfordshire District Council’s approved a £48,750 grant for Bampton Community Archive (BCA), owned by the Bampton Exhibition Foundation, who themselves made a ‘substantial contribution’ to the project. But the BCA has raised more than £50,000 plus grants, including almost £38,000 in £1 donations through the Bampton Mile appeal. This aim to collect one mile of £1 coins, which laid flat around the Downton Abbey Location Tour would raise £71,527.

Janet Westman

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  • BCA - 2025.8010

Percy Bowerman, Chauffeur for Mrs Bliss

  • BCA - 2025.8013
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  • ? - 1970

Mrs Bliss, widow of Colonel Bliss, spent her remaing days at Bampton House. Percy Bowerman was her chauffeur and would drive her around the village in her green Morris Minor. When she died, Percy inherited the Morris Minor.

Janet Newman

Properties for sale in Bampton in 2024

  • BCA - 2025.8017
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  • ? - 2024

A modern 4 bedroom house in The Pieces. The house in the The Pieces was built in 1973 and sold for £13,000.

Janet Newman

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