Balance Sheet showing cost and donations for the rehanging of the Bells at St Mary's Church in 1903. The work was carried out by Messrs Webb and Bennett of Kidlington and was supervised by Rev FE Robinson Master of the Oxfordshire Guild of Ringers
Mr T Carter the Vicar was W K Hampshire and W J Wolff the Auditor
Donations came from:
P Southby Esq
Miss Southby (the late)
F. Staples-Browne Esq
Mrs Staples-Browne
Mrs Horman Fisher
F D Hunt Esq
W Lindup Esq
The Vicar
A C Hord Esq (Cleveland)
ER Ireland Blackburne
E Duncan Esq
Jesus College Oxford
Mr John White
HC Hampshire (Manor Cottage)
The Misses Hampshire
The Ven the Archdeacon of Oxford
Dr J P Atkinson
Mrs Hunt (S. Stephens)
Mrs Miles
Rev R W Southby
Mrs Emmett per Staples Browne Esq
Miss Blackburne (Chester)
Mr Gerring Snr
N R H Bullen Esq
VC Blyth Esq
Mr H Benfield
Mr Theophilus Carter
Rev H and Mrs Hunt
Miss Moore
Mrs Pochin
Dr H Prall
Mrs. Prall
Mrs Rivers
Mr JW Wright
Mrt R. Hobbs
Miss Durrant Hunt
Captain Hunt RN
Rev HF Pinder
Mr and Mrs Richens
Mr and Mrs Richens
Mr Fred Green
The Ringers
Mr. Shuffrey
Mrs G. Gerring
Mr R. Rose
Mrs Call (Visitor)
Mr. Dutton
Messrs Green and Sons
Miss G Hampshire
Captain R. Hoare
Miss M. Archer Houblon
Reginald Hunt Esq
Mr and Mrs Matthews and Daughters
Mr Mills
Miss Scott
Mr R C Smith
Mrs Willis
Mr W V Williams
Mr Ravenor
Mr John Tanner
Miss Baker
Mr Beard
Mr Bryant
Mr Constable
Miss K Early
Mrs French (The Plough)
Miss Alice Hunt
Mr Johnson
Miss Luckett
Mr Plaster
Mr Reade
Witney Ringers
Mr Taunt
Mr R. Taunt
Mrs Hattie Twichell
Mrs Baker
Miss Mary Berry
Mrs Broad
Mr Bryant
Mrs Clack (New Inn)
Fanny Clack
Miss B Duncan
Mrs Durrant
Mrs French (The Plough)
Miss Gerring
Mrs Gillett (Haddon)
Miss Gray
Mr Ted Green
The Misses Hampshire
Miss Hunt
Miss Durrant Hunt
Miss S Hill
Mrs James
Mrs Cyril Jenkyn
Miss Launchbury
Miss Lawrence
Mss Lindup
Mr Ernest Martin
Mr W Matthews
Mr Mills
Mrs Neal
Mrs Norman
Mrs Rose
Miss E Shepherd
Miss Stone
H S Tanner
Mrs Taunt
Mrs Taylor
Mrs Templer
Mrs Townsend (The Beam)
Mrs Townsend (The Eagle)
Miss Wallis
Mrs Walton
Mrs Joh White
Miss K Wilkins
Mr WV Williams
Miss Eva Williams
Mrs Willis
Miss Vera Willis
Mrs Wix
Mr Wiltshire
Mrs Wolff

Newspaper article and Leaflet asking for donations to help with the restoration of the Church Organ which was originally made by William Gray in 1812 at a cost of £460 guineas. Estimated cost for the project was £175,000 which would comprise of £75,000 grant and £100,000 from donations. Work was eventually carried out by Cousins Organs in Coalville North-west Leicestershire, after the company Peter Collins Ltd of Melton Mowbray went into administration. Douglas Clare -churchwarden and treasurer and choirmaster - David New

Photographs of the two heads in the south aisle of St. Mary's Church

Set of photos taken of the Morris Dancers. Witney 1st July 1984. Participating in the dancing are
Bill Daniels, Dave Rose, Francis Shergold, Ray Borrett, Jamie Wheeler, Jim Buckingham,

Copy of Rosemary Linnet Sanguine Funeral Service

Order of Service for the funeral of Cyril Smith born on December 7th 1933. He lived in South Leigh, where his father was a farm hand. and then lived to Bampton. He played for Bampton Town Football and took part in the Shirt Race. He was one of the Bampton Traditional Morris Dancers, and worked for W J Lock & Son until they closed then continued to work as a builder until he was eighty. Married Margaret and had one son Christopher.

Copy of Funeral Service for Elizabeth Banham held at St Mary's Church held on 28th October 2021
Lis Banham, well known to so many Bamptonians, died April 17th after a courageous fight with cancer. She was a wonderfully active member of the Bampton community. She was one of the founder members of The Bush Club; she helped in the Community Shop; she 'sat' for the Archive in the Vesey room; she played bridge in the Bridge Club for many years and one thing she enjoyed doing was providing the table decorations for the club’s two parties each year. She was a member of the Flower Guild and loved her garden which she opened for Bampton’s Hidden Gardens and many people will remember her for starting and organising the Theatre Club, counting its member on to the return bus to ensure nobody got left behind; she was an active member for fundraising for ZANE, the Zimbabwe project. She always turned up for meetings of the various village groups and was always encouraging and helpful. She flew with the WAAF and you will be able to read much more about her in the next issue of The Lowdown but in the meantime, there is a delightful piece about Lis in the April issue. Her father was an Air Vice Marshall, the only member of the R.A.F. to shoot down an enemy aircraft in both WW1 and WW2. She will be greatly missed by many of us.
Jo Lewington & Frank Hudson

From issue 19 of The Lowdown 2021
LIS BANHAM
Lis Banham, who died on 17th April after a brave fight against cancer, made a truly invaluable contribution to life in Bampton, and has left a wonderful legacy from the forty five years that she lived in the village. To name a few? Lis started the Bampton Theatre Club where she will be remembered for her boundless energy and organisation, especially when making sure no-one got left behind on the buses; she was a stalwart of the Bridge Club for many years; she was a very accomplished gardener and her garden in Church Street regularly featured in Bampton’s Hidden Gardens; and she was a long-time and much valued member of the Bampton Flower Guild making arrangements for church and community events. Lis was actively involved in the Community Shop, the Bampton Community Archive where she sat in the Vesey Room, and BZP, the fund-raising society for different projects in Zimbabwe. She was a leading force behind the building of the Bampton Youth Club on Church View. In addition, Lis was at various times a Parish Councillor, a volunteer hospital driver and a Witney Citizens Advice Bureau member, truly a lady for all seasons and of many talents. Lis was born on 21st February 1931; her father was an Air Vice Marshall and was the only man to shoot down enemy aircraft in both World Wars. She joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) in 1949 as a Pilot Officer and served with RAF Intelligence during the Malayan Conflict all over South East Asia - Singapore, Malaya, Borneo, Vietnam, Ceylon, Hong Kong, and the Philippines. She returned to RAF Coltishall in East Anglia where she met her husband, Dickie Banham, an RAF fighter pilot. As a Flying Officer, she left the WAAF upon marrying in 1957 (a necessity in those days). Lis and Dickie moved around with the Air Force and lived in Washington DC for two years while Kennedy was President, and they also had spells in Ghana, and Cyprus during the Turkish invasion of 1974-76. They were posted back to the UK and to RAF Brize Norton in December 1976, where Lis fell in love with the local area and decided she wanted to settle there, having spent a life of moving houses around the world. They moved into Tudor Cottage, Bampton in the Spring of 1978 and she remained there for the rest of her life. Lis will be much missed by so many in Bampton and beyond. ~ A Life Remembered ~

Eulogy for Margaret Alice Snook

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.