'Rocky' Ernie Hunt, seen here in a pub in Bampton, was known as Dicky to his family. When Ernie died, his birth certificate showed his real name was Ernest Bishop. He worked at the Royal Corps of Signals camp in Weald and continued wor...
In 2002 a group of people calling themselves 'Chain Reaction' did all they could to raise sufficient money to have a safe cycle path created from Bampton to Tadpole Bridge, but sadly they were not able to achieve their ambition. Two yea...
'Rocky', Ernest Hunt in the Elephant and Castle. Rocky was a much loved character in Bampton, always taking part in any event. He was known as Dicky to his family. When Ernie died, his birth certificate showed his real name was Ernest ...
Ernie 'Rocky' Hunt and Chad Trueman in the background, Spring Bank Holiday Monday 1991. Rocky was known as Dicky to all his family. When Ernie died, his birth certificate showed his real name was Ernest Bishop.
1st of 9 website entries from the WI album called "Bampton Today 1965". This is the first selection of pages from it. They are an account by Frances Henly (wife of John, the farmer of Deanery farm in Broad Street,) of the farming year...
This is the milk ration book for Frederick Gerring, born June 26th 1951 and living with his parents Rose and Arthur Gerring at Sandford House, Church View.
Local newspaper. 1967. Marriage of Colin Reginald Rouse of Backhouse farm Bampton and Pauline Joy Marriott at St Britius church Brize Norton on October 7th. The reception for 80 people was held in the Victory Hut in Brize Norton. The photograph is...
Witney Gazette December 3rd 2014. Sisters unite in requesting a public inquiry after each of their brothers died from starvation after their benefits were drastically cut.Cathie Wood and Gill Thompson, sisters to Mark Wood of Bampton and David Cl...
The county's biggest NHS Trust has vowed to remain 'vigilant' after figures revealed it had been hit by five cyber attacks in the past year. Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was targeted unsuccessfully five times in...
This entry, all about Captain B.W.G. Rose has a huge amount of information and I strongly recommend that you open the pdf and find the detail. It includes a foreword by one of his three sons, Nigel Rose, a two page typewritten copy of BWGR's...
"We’ve come together today to thank God for the life of a much-loved and fondly-remembered woman, who brought her own inimitable brand of Welsh sparkle and hwyl to Bampton life, becoming well known for her skills at the piano in the Bush Club...
This is the class photograph taken in 1980 when there were two age groups in the class.1. Mrs Chris Barker2. Mrs Vera Elward3. Andrew Smith4. Ian Harris5. Elaine Cooper6. James Montgomerie7. Ashley Sturgis8. Maxwell Hastie9. Luella Keeble10. Rache...
These adverts were all to be found in the 2007 issue of The Beam. They include the New Tack Shop selling horse riding equipment in Duttons, Spring Hair and Beauty in the Market Square, Bampton Physiotherapy & Associates in Bushey Row, Neville...
A letter in The Beam Vol 1 Spring 2003.From Adrian Simmonds thanking everyone who sent him cards and to June and Iris for keeping his shop running while he was in hospital (Adrian died 11 years later in February 2014)Adrian is seen sitting outside...
The Bampton Striders start their inaugural walk from outside Bampton Physiotherapy. Walkers pay £1 and all the money collected was donated to the appeal to raise funds for the repair of the roof of St Mary The Virgin church
In 1943 Reg Rouse came to Bampton with his family. He had been George Collins' farm manager in Wiltshire and when George and family bought Weald Farm, Reg and family moved with him. On February 1st 1948 Reg bought a small holding and over t...
This is a photograph of Mary Shergold, wife of Roy, when she was in service at Bampton Manor after WWII. We made a sound recording Mary talking about her life's work and it's a wonderful account of the life of someone who started life i...
This postcard was sent from someone called Eddy to Edwin Eley and posted in Barry, Glamorgan on October 14th 1939. The Edwin married the lady called Ruth whom Eddy mentions. The picture is worth studying.
On the road from Bampton to Black Bourton there is a small memorial cairn to the RAF crew of 297 squadron who were killed near the site on August 27th 1944 in their Albemarle V1782. F/S A H Husbridge the pilot, F/S B V Mowan, F/S W F Insley, Sgt ...
Partly a family photograph with mother Ada Tanner and daughter Stella on the left with two other children. Stella became Mrs Whitlock. Ada's maiden name was Butler. For the full family tree do have a look at https://atom.bamptonarchive.org...
This postcard was lent to the Archive by John Broxholme, who is a descendant. John said "As you can see the picture is well worn, but at least it survived as long as it did in France. Remarkably the creases have managed to miss the faces! ...
We were all sorry when Adrian Simmonds had to close his shop. It was like an Aladdin's cave inside and he aimed to have 6 new things each week. There is a letter to the Bampton Beam here from Toby Hopkins and one from Adrian himself.
Airman, Reg Smith, married Albert Radband's sister, Beryl Joan Radband.He was the brother of twins Peggy and Dolly.Godfather of Jamie Wheeler.Marion Paintin said "Joan and Reg had two children Linda and Michael who married my sister Sus...
Alan Clarke died suddenly on Monday September 29th 2013. He was landlord of the Horse Shoe in Bampton. The article gives far more information about Alan's working life
Dr Alan and Daphne Gaydon retired to Bampton where they played a very active part in the life of the town. For several years Alan was a church warden and his photograph documenting the creation of a new John The Baptist statue to go at the base o...
Sam Bennett sharpening a scythe. Sam played fiddle for Francis Shergold's Morris men at Whitsun. He lived in Warwickshire and walked to Bampton. He used to stay with Mr & Mrs Townsend at Castle View Farm and stayed for a while to work on...
Alf Smith and his sister Peggy James. Peggy enjoyed playing darts. Peggy's parent were Annie and George Smith. ]"This picture was taken watching me on a sports day, I am guessing 1959/1960. George and Annie Smith were Mum's pare...
Ali Brown lives in rented accommodation but her landlord now wishes to sell the house. Ali has suffered badly with ME for 15 years, so has special needs in a home. Lee Mackie, who lost a son in Afghanistan to a roadside bomb, has broken her leg ...
Mrs Brookes wearing the cardigan, Alice Peacock her daughter, Olive is Alice's daughter and Mrs Brook's great grandson is Andrew McCabe. Mrs Brooks was the midwife and layer out! This picture was taken in 1965.Lance Sergeant Thomas Wil...
Bob Gardner said"The family lived in the “Bourton Cottages” since they were re-built in 1906. He was married to Alice and died when he was in his mid fifties. He died in 1915 and was buried in the Bampton cemetery where we recently found hi...
The Bampton Community Archive puts on three exhibitions each year which run for two months. In September 2018 Janet Newman put up a wonderfully researched exhibition on some of Bampton's Families. Family trees were printed out on scrolls fo...
An airmail letter from B Howse in Christchurch New Zealand to Mrs Townsend at Ashtree farm in Weald April 1969. Mrs Townsend was originally the widow Mrs Sollis from The Swan.
An evacuee family including children outside Emmie and Eddie Foreshew's mother's shop which became 'Emmies' until Tom and Sylvia Papworth retired in 2012 and being unable to find a buyer for their business, the property became...
Before our National Health System came into being in July 1948, people could pay a little each week into a club or Friendly Society and if they should find themselves unable to work through illness or accident, the society would give them enough m...
These three pictures, taken by Bob West are of Ann and Francis Shergold and brother Roy Shergold taken inside the Elephant & Castle Inn on Bridge Street in 1999 on the occasion of Francis's 80th birthday.
Oxford Mail July 25th 2013. Rose Gerring died peacefully on 16th July 2013, aged 89. Loving wife of the late Arthur. Mother of Mary and Fred, Granny to Paul and Sarah. Funeral service will be held at St Mary’s Church, Bampton on Thursday 1st A...
All but one of these pictures are of Mr & Mrs Hill's antique shop which was next door to the Horse Shoe Inn. It became Arthur Hill, their son's shop. There was also an antique shop in the Market Square between the garage and the WI...
This is a photograph of Arthur Montague Colvile going to Buckingham Palace with his wife Phyllis Muriel (Innes) to receive his DSO. The supplement to The London Gazette June 3rd 1918 records the award of the Distinguished Service Order on Major A...
These articles cover the topics of the nightly curfew, no mains drainage, Morris Dancing, the railway station which is two miles away, Count Munster, Air Marshall Sir Roderick Carr, Air Commodore A S Ellerton ADC to the King, Miss Taunt organist f...
On a very cold spring morning in 2002 the Bampton and Clanfield Bellringers with family and friends went to see round the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London.
In 2015 most households filled in a questionnaire and this is a well-collated report of the findings. CONTENTS include:-Survey Coverage: Household QuestionnaireThe RespondentsTheir HomesTheir FamiliesIndividual QuestionnaireLiving in BamptonHousi...
In 1998 another appraisal was carried out for Bampton - see also entry 2017.532 for the 1966 appraisal. The areas covered include 1. Household data 2. How time is spent 3. Education 4. Housing and development 5. Utilities and Public Services ...
At the end of 1965 the Bampton branch of the Women's Institute produced this album called "Bampton Today 1965" for an inter-branch competition it is probably the best source anywhere of Bampton in any single year. It covers many su...
In May 1968 the Bampton Town Football Club held its annual dinner in the Masonic Hall, Witney. Officials of the club are pictured and include Mr S Truman, committee member, Mr J Lawrence, chairman, Mr M Cleaver, treasurer, Mr P Hewitson, 1st team...
These five photograph cover dates between 1988 to approximately the mid 1990s. Francis Shergold dancing inside The Eagle Inn, Craig Godwin and Jamie Blackwell dancing a jig with Reg Hall on fiddle. Peter Matthias, Jamie Blackwell, Cyril Smith, D...
On July 7th 1996 the Scarborough Arms in Tickhill donated £300 to the Bampton Traditional Morris side and one of the photographs shows the cheque being handed over. Musicians in one photograph include a young boy, Reg Hall, John Grout, Martin Lan...
1972 photograph of the Bampton Traditional Morris outside the Horse Shoe with Roy and Francis Shergold, Pete Allam, Cyril Smith and Frank Daniels. Black and white picture of the side outside the Talbot in 1973 with Frank Daniels, Ray Borrett, Fra...
A colour photograph taken in Francis Shergold's garden in 1999. Francis can be seen in the centre and Jasper Walsh and Joseph Perry are finishing Greeny Up
On Wednesday February 10th 1971 members of the Bampton WI celebrated their Golden Jubilee. The picture shows Mrs Audrey Taylor president, with five former presidents, Mrs Frances Henly, Miss Kate Wylie, Mrs Rose Gerring, Mrs D Hampton and 90 year...
These children are sitting on the church wall passing time waiting for the bride and groom to come out of the church. The children includeKen LomasStan RadbandEllen CurtisPatricia and Pauline HooperSusan Hunt.
Bampton with Lew church news sheet for September 1951. Thoughts from Cyril C Kelway, vicar.Harvest thanksgiving service; copy of notice to be found in the church porch where the PPC invites applications for the post of Clerk and Sexton; the choirG...
In January 2013 Trish Cassidy wrote to Janet Rouse enclosing this scanned copy of a photograph of Bampton's Home Guard marching past The Talbot sometime during WWII and one of Rose Radband dressed as Britannia for a play. Her letter gives mo...
Mr Wilfred "Buller" Lock and his wife were living in a caravan and the council were trying to get them out. The site owner said he needed someone living on site to protect his equipment from being stolen. Councillor Francis Henly encou...
Lyn Dunsby told us it was the"Baptist Sunday school Christmas party.Front row - Andrew Morton, Anne Morton, Susan Taylor, Gary Gerhard, Cathy Hicks, Lyn Wheeler, Michael Wheeler, Jimmy Wheeler, Doreen Gerring, Maurice Hicks.Second row Gwyneth...
Roy Barratt and his family came to Bampton in the early to mid 1960s and quietly played a very active part in Bampton life. Pat in the WI and Roy was an excellent photographer who documented all sorts of events long before we had a Community Arch...
"Beam Cottage was the site of the medieval chapel of St. Andrew 'of Beme', so called by 1317; an early 12th-century shaft base was found built into the cottage, and burials around it produced radiocarbon dates from the 11th century ...
Bernard Dafter and his family lived at Home Farm in the High Street until about 1948 when they emigrated to New Jersey in the USA. The farm was bought by the Charge d'Affaires to the Icelandic Ambassador who rented the yard and barns behind ...
The program for the Bernard Rose Centenary Concert held in St Mary The Virgin, Bampton on September 11th 2016. Bernard would have been 100 years old in 2016.
In this picture Bertha Waite is seen with her bicycle on the Buckland to Gainfield Road.Bertha Waite was the sister of Harold Waite who was Marina Waite’s father.Harold was married to ? Morton who was the sister of Min Morton.Min was married to F...
These two young ladies, Freda Daniels who became Mrs Freda Bradley and Ethel Whilock who became Mrs Ethel Sheppard were best friends.Freda's daughter Janet Westman wrote" Ethel was actually my Godmother. She was married to Percy Sheppar...
These photograph are of Bill Daniels as a 12 year old boy in the Mummers and as an adult in military uniform and in the Shirt Race. There are also pictures of his father Ernie Daniels and his mother. In the photograph of the mummers you can also...
This is a school photograph of a class probably taken in 1944.Pupils named on the photograph includeFred BishopFred BrooksBill DanielsBrian SaddlerBob HuntDennis GreenBrian BarnettIvy WhitlockAmelia WrightDiane SaddlerJacqueline NicholsonDoreen Cl...
Bill Daniels aged 12. Bill grew up to become a Morris Dancer with the Bampton Traditional Morris Dancers and for many years, from the age of 12 he was a member of the Mummers when they were reformed in 1946. The newly reformed Mummers in 1946 wer...
A407,408 and 409 – Bill Govier’s vegetable garden 1987 and a grandson with a very large runner bean. Grandchildren with a lettuce sitting amongst the vegetables and others getting in the potatoes.A410 – the verge outside Bill’s bungalow opposite ...
William Nathan 'Jingy' Wells, 1868-1953, played the fiddle as well as both dancing and fooling for the Bampton Morris for very many years. In these two photographs taken on Bank Holiday Monday 1973 his son Bobby is seen donating Jingy...
Bampton used to have a bowls club and played at Weald Manor. Michael Cleaver was playing for Bampton at this time, (in the days of George Dafter, Percy Money, Trav Gordon, Harold Hargreaves, Bert Saunders etc.)Doris and Mike were both friendly wi...
In the spring of 2013 Janet Rouse put on an exhibition in the Vesey Room entitled 'A History of Trade in Bampton.' As part of the research a letter was put through each door along the main routes through Bampton asking for history of th...
Brigadier Rupert Crowdy OBE born in 1910, trained at Sandhurst early in the C20th and went into the Indian Army. He remained there, with a spell in Burma during WWII, until 1947 when he came back to the UK and went into the British Army. He ran ...
Brigadier Rupert Crowdy OBE led a very full and very long life, dying less than two months before his 107th birthday. This entry gives you the eulogy given by his grandson Colonel Mike Brooke OBE which gives fascinating detail into Rupert's ...
Brigadier Rupert Crowdy OBE served in the army in India and Burma and afterwards he organised the 'shipping' of coal into Berlin during the Berlin Siege. In 1962 he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Queen.
Mrs Brooks of Mill Green showing a cross in the window to indicate a member of the family is away at war. WWI. She was the mother of Brannon Brooks and mother-in-law to Nellie Brooks who was the mother of Nan, Jim, Connie, Teddy, Bob, Nellie and B...
Colin Knight and grandson Matthew Howse and Colin's brother Robin, all Morris dancers. Paul Wixey and Rob Fidler are each in one of the photographs with Robin
Members of the Green family were stone masons, general builders, carpenters, in fact between them they covered all the skills needed in building. Many were members of the retained fire service and many played football for Bampton. They all took ...
Lloyd Hughes Owens borrowed the Parish burial register c1970s and did his best to create an alphabetical list of the burials. I photographed the burial role and tried my best to read all the names. Lloyd's list is in pdf and gives far more ...
Major Robert and Rosemary Colvile generously hosted a tea party for Bush Club members each year and if the weather was kind they sat outside. These photograph were taken on a visit in June 2001. The members really enjoyed their change of scene a...
Horace Holyfield in Ramsden has been a wonderful supporter of the Bampton Bush Club. He invited members to lunch many times and had a kitchen and dining room set up specially for such groups. These photographs record one happy lunch had there by...
Captain Charles Radclyffe LVO died peacefully after a short illness on February 1st 2017. The eulogy given by his son-in-law Bill included in this entry gives a wonderfully full account of his life and another one by Don Rouse which he wrote for ...
Carol Lewis was going blind in 1986 and Bampton people rallied round to form a human chain to help raise funds to buy something like a Hi Fi, which she could enjoy although mostly blind.
This black and white photograph of Castle View farmhouse was taken about 1880. The lady standing in the garden may be Mary Plaster. The main gateway entrance has been bricked up now and moved farther to the right. The step to the little side ga...
Witney Gazette May 28th 2014.The sister of Mark, who starved to death after his benefits were cut, has donated the approx £500 she has received from the DWP between Oxfordshire Mind, The Green Party, the Biscuit Fund, Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary,...
On September 10th 2006 Rev. David Lloyd and Jenny celebrated their Silver Wedding and it was also David's 10th year of vicar at St Mary's. Somehow, Suzy managed to get them to pop round to the church where many of us were in waiting to ...
Stanley James Ernest Smith was sent this certificate from the public protection committee and the residents of the county of Oxfordshire for loyal and dedicated service September 1st 1978 to May 7th 1997 and it's signed by the chief fire offi...
Barbara Hunt sent these copies of her certificates for membership of The Torch Bearers, The Junior Red Cross and a copy of the program of the displays of activities given in the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent who was Pat...
Charles Cuthbert Menzies lived at The Grange in High Street and April 18th 1939 he applied to join the Witney Aero Club. His occupation was a Publisher.
A group of five children from Bampton C of E Primary School ready to go out and sell poppies. Left to right they areHannah PearceTom BradleyDaniel BarrattLouise Hampton - became Mrs MustoeAndrew Licence
Chris Timms took part in Bampton life in many ways. He was a keen cricketer and played for Bampton. He joined the Navy and served during WWII and much later in his life he became a member of the Royal British Legion. Apart from the picture abov...
Chris Timms aged 17 in 1943 wearing Royal Navy uniform in the picture. The sound recording was made on April 15th 2004 and Christ talks about his time in the Navy in a mine sweeper.Chris Timms and friend Michael Hirons in Church View in 1933. No...
Chris Timms aged 17 in 1943 wearing Royal Navy uniform in the picture. The sound recording was made on April 15th 2004 and Christ talks about his time in the Navy in a mine sweeper.Chris Timms and friend Michael Hirons in Church View in 1933. No...
Six photographs of a sale at Cobb House to raise funds for Christian Aid. People in the pictures include Dr Alan Gaydon and John Battersby, Mary and Dennis Bambury, Rev David Lloyd, Rev David Battersby, Liz Banham, Jill Ruck, Lizann Murray-Clark ...
This is a Christmas from Reg Pratley, the landlord of the Jubilee Inn in the Market Square to Rose and Arthur Gerring who were local farmers and lived in Sandford House off Church View. There is a photograph of the Inn on the front.
Doug Read OBE (he gained the OBE for services to ploughing) was a huge fan of classic cars and owned several over the years. These are four of them and show1. Trojan Tourer 1924 model owned by Doug Read. Douglas Read driving, passengers David Hun...