The map is pre Inclosure and covers Clanfield, Bampton, Aston and Yelford. The note with the Yelford map says it was from a map of 1624/5. A note at the right side of the page suggests all these details were pulled together from various sources ...
This Ordinance Survey map was produced in 1974 and covers the area from Hobbs buildings/Deanery Farm in the north, due east to Coal Pit Farm, south to Bampton centre, on south to Weald, east to Aston and south to the Radcot Cut and Great Brook and...
This map was produced in 1922 and shows the field system as well as the parliamentary boundaries as at 1918.There are many interesting notes written on in pencil. The water tower and gas works along the Aston Road were in existence. The allotmen...
Five village schools, Alvescot, Aston, Bampton, Brize Norton & Clanfield took delivery of a new 17-seater minibus in 1989 costing £12,000. Rev. John Pellow chairman of the five schools minibus appeal. Gordon Foote aged 5 took the keys
John Clarke was born in 1937. There are pictures of him here which are frames taken out of a film and he's the young boy with a mop of lovely curly hair. He can be seen in a special outfit for the carnival in 1947 when he was 10. Then on M...
These letters were recovered from a box full of solicitor’s papers. They show the correspondence in 1834 between Rev. B Price of Aston, Bampton, and Mr George Harcourt, who was the Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire from 1831 to 1862. Mr Pryce...
A general view of agriculture in Oxfordshire carried out in 1807 and published in 1813. Secretary of the board. Arthur Young. Rates, thrashing mills and tillage. Drilling, wheat, beans and tares. Cattle and Labour.Bampton and its hamlets of Ha...
Lloyd Hughes Owens went to the trouble of finding the Gardener's Gazetteer of Bampton, Aston & Cote 1852 long before the day so of the internet and typed them out. This is the booklet he created.
These letters were recovered from a box full of solicitor’s papers. They show the correspondence in 1834 between Rev. B Price, of Aston, Bampton, and Mr George Harcourt, who was the Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire from 1831 to 1862.Mr Pryce,...
Edwin Eley had an accident at work resulting in diminished use of both arms and tender right lower leg. The forms show the tortuous process involved in getting financial assistance.4 pictures. A leaflet produced by the Ministry of National Insura...
The very large ledge book belonging to builder J H Joyce records his clients' names, addresses and where they lived and Miriam James has copied some out for ease of reading. Although Mr Joyce lived in Bampton it can be seen that he occasion...
This is the Ledger kept by Mr J A Joyce and the earliest entry is for July 16th 1907. He meticulously heads each page with the name of the person for whom he did work, the date and all the work done. It is a wonderful description of the work don...
These postcards were posted in 1905, 1907 and 1908. Three are to Miss K Phillips at The Lodge, Stanton Harcourt and one to Mrs W J Johnson at Syringa Cottage, Aston. Syringa is the Latin name for Lilac so one would hope the cottage had at least ...
This research work into the Spurretts who lived in Weald, Bampton and Aston was done in 1971 and before. Anyone interested in finding out about this family and the people they married will find plenty of help here. This was all done before peopl...
Lloyd Hughes Owens sought to find the origin of some local place names - Bampton, Aston, Brize Norton, Lew, Clanfield, Radcot, Black Bourton, Cote, Chimney and Weald. He also mentions a few farms - Mount Owen farm, Coal Pit farm and Backhouse far...
This is an account of the ancient system of farming in Aston written by Richard Bersall in 1704 and describes in detail the rotations in the Common land and much more.
These are the insurance documents for Edwin Eley for his motorbike. Third party cover from March 25th 1938 to March 24th 1939 and another insurance for 1951-2 which cost £3-8s - £3.40 in today's money.
There are photographs of Ruth in Women's Land Army uniform and another with a friend. In 2008 the government of the day, Labour under Gordon Brown, finally acknowledged the work done by the Women's Land Army and the Timber Corps giving ...
This letter is from some who calls himself 'Lofty' real name James F Morris and is to Edwin Eley. Lofty is in one of the toughest police forces of the time in Salha Police Post, Safad, Palestine and he makes a correct forecast that they...
These are the National Identity cards for Ruth and Edwin Eley's children. Richard F Eley's is dated August 31st 1961 and Graham R Eley's is dated November 18th 1962.
The Fairford, Faringdon, Filkins and Burford Ploughing Match Society usually hold their annual event on the last Saturday in September these pictures were taken when it was held at Ted and Dorothy Baughan's farm in Aston.
These letters were recovered from a box full of solicitor’s papers after the publication of this booklet. They show the correspondence in 1834 between Rev. B Price, of Aston, Bampton, and Mr George Harcourt, who was the Member of Parliament for O...