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The Primrose League Diploma of Association for James Green. March 30th
This is the Primrose League Diploma of Association for the membership of James Green, March 30th 1886.The Primrose League was established in 1883 by Lord Randolph Churchill and John Gorst in the wake of the Conservative Party's loss to Gladst...
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Win Jones aged 94 beats covid-19
Win Jones aged 94 is a very remarkable lady. She works hard at keeping fit and that is probably what has helped her to get over being infected with covid-19
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Children from Bampton School ready to sell poppies
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
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Robert Colvile jnr, a year after losing his wife
Robert Colvile jnr, born to Major Robert and Rosemary Colvile of Weald Manor talks in the article about losing his wife Andrea a year ago to a rare liver disease called autoimmune hepatitis. He has two small boys were at the time of Andrea's...
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The Paddocks declared a fire and virus hazard at over crowded caravan site
The Paddocks has permission for 8 plots with one static and one travelling caravan supposed to be on each plot. These articles detail how this has been breached. It also reports on the death of someone at the site who had been placed in a car an...
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WODC agree the government's new proposals on planning would not be right for West Oxfordshire
Councillors across the political spectrum at West Oxfordshire District Council have agreed that changes to the planning system are not suitable for West Oxfordshire.
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Bampton Meadows to be built, £1.4m of investment from the developer
Bampton Meadows, a new housing development is to be built by Taylor Wimpey at the bottom of Mount Owen Road on the Aston side. Taylor Wimpey have agreed to pay £1.4 million on local amenities.
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Death of Edith Susan Quick nee Sheppard Sept 10th 2020
Edith Susan Quick nee Sheppard died on September 10th 2020. Edie came from a Bampton family of several generations. Her husband John was the principal founder member of the SPAJERS, our charity which creates fun events to raise funds for local s...
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A few old photographs and newspaper cutting about Bampton Manor
BA9AED - Bampton Manor seen in 1946.BABFC4 – Bampton Manor seen in the 1940sBA7D58 - Fire place and panelling in Bampton Manor, 18th century.BA603D - The main entrance to Bampton Manor. Stained glass above the porch in the first floor. This is on ...
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Church View looking to St Mary's
This picture is of Church View looking North towards St Mary The Virgin church.No cars, no footpath and little in the way of horse droppings so probably around 1940-1950.
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Covid-19 diminished Morris Dancing & Garlands Spring Bank Holiday 2020
The pandemic of covid-19 affected every aspect of the lives of people all around the world and the fun over the whole Bank Holiday weekend in Bampton should have started with the Shirt Race on Saturday May 23rd which had to be cancelled and the da...
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Upstairs of the Grammar School to be brought back into use
The staircase to the top floor of the Grammar School was removed in the 1960s when people stood a greater chance of getting to the ground floor by falling through the rotten floor than coming back down the stairs. The Bampton Community Archive me...
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Sweet Briar Cottage when it was thatched
This charming little cottage used to be called Pedlar's Patch and today is called Sweet Briar. The gate is next to Emmies on Bridge Street and the house is set back from the road, behind other cottages. It was the home of agricultural worke...
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Full list of key workers whose children will be exempt from school closures
The outbreak of Coronavirus in 2020 has caused devastation to the way of life all around the world. New restrictions and advice were being given daily by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson and two specialist advisers each day at 5pm from the week b...
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News update from Robert Courts MP for Witney & West Oxfordshire at March 2020
Robert Courts was elected to take over as MP for Witney and West Oxfordshire when David Cameron retired from being MP for the constituency. Robert emails a news roundup more less weekly and this one has much in regarding Coronavirus, also referre...
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Dr Alan Cole's life story in his own words
Dr Alan Cole came to practice in Bampton in 1959 and was here long enough to have in some cases, looked after three generations of a family. He was 90 in 2020. His life story covers a part of world history that will not be repeated and makes a f...
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Doris June Cleaver. Funeral service program
We are here today to Celebrate the Life of:My Wife of 61 YearsDoris June CleaverJuly 1936 – October 2020 * * *Doris was a true Bamptonian, the daughter of local builder and part time firem...
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Long Paddock in Weald St for sale
A house and field called Long Paddock in Weald Street for sale, offers in excess of £750,000 wanted
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A history of cricket in Bampton
Bampton has had a long history of playing cricket and Anna Pitt put on a wonderful, well researched exhibition on the subject in January/February 2019. The catalogue of the exhibition is still on sale. This is a double spread newspaper article a...
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Alternate years Bampton hosts and Open Gardens Day and in 2019 this was on June 16th.There are too many photographs of the lovely flowers and gardens to put them all in one entry. You will find them in2019.21582019.21592019.21602019.21612019.2162...
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Alternate years Bampton hosts an Open Gardens Day and this was on June 16th 2019.There are too many photographs of the lovely flowers and gardens to put them all in one entry. You will find them in2019.21582019.21592019.21602019.21612019.21622019...
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Alternate years Bampton hosts an Open Gardens day and in 2019 that was on June 16th.There are too many photographs of the lovely flowers and gardens to put them all in one entry. You will find them in2019.21582019.21592019.21602019.21612019.21622...
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Various place where the Post Office has been in Bampto
Waterloo House in Broad Street was the first place in Bampton to have anything to do with mail; it was a receiving office only and that was in the C19th.Later in the C19th Martin's Printing Works on the west side of the Market Square became a...
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Leaflet, fundraising for restoration of the pipe organ
On February 17th 2016 work began to dismantle the old pipe organ in St Mary's.Douglas Clare, one of our two churchwardens in April 2019 wrote the following article for the May issue of Contact, the church magazine for the Bampton & Clanfi...
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Excitement builds as filming of the Downton Abbey film takes place
In January 2019 filming for the Downton Abbey scenes in Bampton took place.
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Sales brochure for the Lew House Estate 2019
Lew House and the attached estate was put on the market in 2019. It could all be sold as one item or lots of land could be purchased separately. This Knight Frank sales brochure gives all the details.
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Alternate years, Bampton hosts an Open Gardens Day and this was June 16th in 2019.There are too many photographs of the lovely flowers and gardens to put them all in one entry. You will find them in2019.21582019.21592019.21602019.21612019.2162201...
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Alternate years Bampton hosts and Open Gardens afternoon and in 2019 that was on June 16th.There are too many photographs of the lovely flowers and gardens to put them all in one entry. You will find them in2019.21582019.21592019.21602019.2161201...
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Art Weeks took place in the county from May 11th to June 8th. Bampton was open for one week during this period and produced this flyer which they called the Bampton Trail. The flyer lists all the places people could visit and buy beautiful craft...
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David Williams and a World of Aquatic Art
David Williams is a stone carver with an interest in nature and capturing movement whether in a digital image or piece of rock. After watching trout leaping and disappearing in a flash, David worked on capturing this wonderful movement.
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Post for a talk in St Mary's - The Role of Wine In The Church
The Friends of Saint Mary, Bampton as part of their fund raising have in recent years organised a series of two or three talks, one a month, in the springtime. Robin Shuckburgh was to talk on the Role of Wine in The Church but sadly, due to dread...
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Bampton Community Archive put on an exhibition of the filming of Downton Abbey in Bampton
By 2019 all series of Downton Abbey had been filmed including the film of the series for showing in cinemas. Bampton Community Archive put on an exhibition of the filming in Bampton over the years in the Vesey Room. This room is withing the Old ...
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Anna Lever, Lesley Williams, Frances Williams exhibit in Bampton Arts Trail, May 2019
Three of the many Artists and Crafts people of Bampton got together to produce this leaflet to advertise their craft during the Bampton Art Trail during Arts Week in 2019. They areAnna Lever with her ceramic sculptures,Lesley Williams with her po...
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Donkey Derby in Sandford Field 2019
The Bank Holiday Monday in August 2019 was a beautiful hot and sunny day and the Donkey Derby was extremely well attended.
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Exhibition on Cricket in Bampton, January and February 2019
Anna Pitt put on a wonderful exhibition on the history of cricket in Bampton which ran January and February 2019. This is a double page spread about the exhibition from the Witney Gazette.
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Alternate years Bampton hosts an Open Gardens and this took place on June 16th 2019.There are too many photographs of the lovely flowers and gardens to put them all in one entry. You will find them in2019.21582019.21592019.21602019.21612019.21622...
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Badgers in Oxfordshire to be vaccinated against TB
The debate about whether cows give badgers TB, badgers give it to cows or if the disease is simply in the soil continues as does the debate on whether mass shooting of badgers is the answer. In Oxfordshire, it has been decided that vaccinating th...
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Threshing the corn using a steam engine to drive the threshing machine
Before combine harvesters were the norm, threshing was done any time from November onwards when other harvesting had been done and probably once the cattle had been brought in under cover for the winter. In this picture you can see a steam driven...
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Mr Evans, a teacher in Bampton School taken c1959
This teacher is Mr Evans who taught at Bampton School and the picture was taken about 1959.Janet Westman said "Mr Evans was my favourite teacher. He was so young and handsome!, he encouraged me to draw, and would take us on cycle rides at the...
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Coach outing from Bampton c1933
This was a coach out from Bampton with many members of the Green family, all named on the photograph
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This picture of a school class was taken at the National School in Church View about 1946. The named children includeFred BishopFred BrooksBill DanielsBrian SadlerBob HuntDennis GreenBrian BarnetIvy BirdAmelia WrightDiane SadlerJacqueline Nichols...
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Baptist Sunday School outing, Emmie Papworth on the left wearing glasses
Baptist Sunday School outing, Emmie Papworth on the left wearing glasses; Miss Dutton on the extreme right and Rose Bishop, Emmie's sister, next to Miss Dutton.Mrs Ivings next to Emmie Papworth. They are all making sure a large group of child...
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Beam Cottage; the gardens run as an organic market garden by Dor Thomson 1950s
"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 ...
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Sam Bennett from Ilmington in Warwickshire
Sam Bennett. He moved to Warwickshire but walked to Bampton to fiddle for the Morris at Whitsun. He would arrive at Mr & Mrs Townsend's Castle Farm on Bridge St and announce 'I be 'ere'. To earn his keep, he'd stay ...
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Newspaper cutting, c1942 noting the history of ghosts at Woods House in Landells
This lengthy article is about the ghost of Woods House which is outside the North side of Saint Mary's in Landells.
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Boys from school on an educational visit to Weald farm, to learn about farming c1947
This group of boys are from the local school visiting Weald Farm in Weald Street. Reg Rouse was the farm manager for Mr George Collins. Reg's son Don Rouse says:-"Dad taught the senior boys Farming once a week. So this would be about ...
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James Edward & Elizabeth (nee Fox) & family c1902
James Edward and Elizabeth (nee Fox) Green and family c1902. ChildrenHarryJamesFrederickElizabethPercivalJackRose
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Freda Bradley with her Aunty Wyn in Queen Street circa 1940
Winifred Cook in Queen Street circa 1940 with her daughter.Winifred Cook was Fred Daniel’s step sister and aunt to Janet Westman.There used to be a row of about 6 little cottages in Lavender Square behind the Jubilee going into Queen Street, but t...
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Ada Tanner & daughter Stella plus two others
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...
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Frank Tanner (left) and Jock Court
Frank Tanner on the left on his way to a family wedding with Jock Court the father of Barbara and Betty.
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Frank Tanner 1895-1980 married Ada Alexandra Butler June 3rd 1922. Ada 1903-1987. For the full Tanner family tree have a look at https://atom.bamptonarchive.org/index.php/5czy-8bkr-47kr
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Frances & John Henly with children Roy and Margaret c1950
Frances and John Henly with their children Roy and Margaret, c1950. John farmed Deanery farm and Hobbs buildings and they lived in Deanery farmhouse in Broad Street.
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This is Church View looking north with the spire of St Mary The Virgin church visible at the far end. There is an open ditch running along on the right with large slabs over to allow access to each property.Richard Buckingham grew up on the stree...
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Oxfordshire Art Weeks, Bampton 2018
This leaflet was available for people to see all the places where Arts could be viewed in Bampton and exactly what type of Arts. This was Bampton's contribution for Art Weeks Oxfordshire 2018.
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The Graveyard Shift: talk by Professor Roger Jones
The Friends of St Mary's have recently been organising a talk on a Sunday in February, March and April and this was the talk in February 2018.
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RAF team up to their elbows as they become park keepers for a day
A group of men and women from the Tactical Medical Wing at RAF Brize Norton helped out at Burford Wild Life Park.
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Carriage rides for the Bush Club Members October 2018
The members of the Bush Club were treated to a wonderful horse-drawn open carriage ride one October day in 2018. Members and helpers include :-Joyce Cotter, Pam Broughton, Mollie Jones, Sadie RoseRobin & Pip Shuckburgh with grandchildren Huxl...
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Mary Ellis in the ATA during WWII died aged 101
Mary Ellis was a wonderful lady who flew over 1,000 planes including more than 400 Spitfires. She was born in Leafield near Witney and was a good friend with our own Molly Rose OBE who was also in the ATA. Mary was 101 when she died. The artic...
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1989 a new minibus for Alvescot, Aston, Bampton, Brize Norton & Clanfield schools
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
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Paths & roads unfinished at Oakwood Gate, some repaired more than once
Some footpaths and sections of road at Oakwood Gate, built by Cala Homes off New Road have either never been made up or have been repaired more than once. The path by the side of the field leading to the school is still to be done and people have...
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£4.3 million lottery grant for Kelmscott Manor
Kelmscott Manor has been awarded £4.3 million by the National Lottery's Heritage Lottery Fund to save the building from dilapidation and to construct new facilities. the house was the retreat of influential designer William Morris fro 1871 t...
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Downton Abbey the film confirmed July 2018
After 6 series created for TV audiences, it was confirmed in July 2018 that a film 'Downton Abbey' would be made. Later in 2018 some filming took place in Bampton. The pictures show some of the scenes of workers and extras at Church Gr...
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Flower Festival at St. Mary The Virgin Church
The Flower Guild of Saint Mary The Virgin Church in Bampton holds a wonderful Flower Festival over the late May Bank holiday each year and 2018 was no exception.
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Article by Mark Booty regarding future house building
Mark Booty very carefully explains what type of housing he feels is needed in our area and why.
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Plan housing for young, old and the environment by Mark Booty,January 17th 2018
This is a very interesting article written by Mark Booty. He said housing should be planned for the young, old and the environment. Mark used to be vice chair of WODC but finally from council work.
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Jeremy Gray & Gilly French celebrate 25 years of Bampton Opera
Gilly French and Jeremy Gray celebrated the 25th year of the Bampton Classical Opera in 2018. They are the founders and still work tirelessly to make every year a huge success. It is now known as one of the top venues and events of its type and ...
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Descendants of Thomas Portlock Clarke b.1801
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Wool in Witney and Oxfordshire talk by Richard Martin.
The Friends of St Mary's have been organising one talk a month for three months from February since 2016. This is the poster for a really interesting talk given by Richard Martin from Filkins Woollen Weavers on April 15th 2018. This is a po...
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June 2018 Witney Gazette on Bampton Morris and spring festivals
This article from a June issue of the Witney Gazette talks about the day of dancing in Bampton on the late May Bank Holiday.
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A couple of very dear old rogues - but then I'm biased. Phil Addison on the left, born 1934 and Terry Rouse also born in 1934. If you haven't read Phil's book about his 10 years in Bampton from 1940 to 1950 when aged 7 to 17, you&...
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Advert and Parish Profile for new Vicar to come September 2018
Rev David Lloyd retired at the end of September 2017 and then an advert and Parish Profile was created. The first entry here is the advert and the remaining 19 pages are the Parish Profile which candidates would have been given. Rev Cannon Janic...
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Tombola to raise money for Breast Cancer research
Laura Hatwell opened her garden in New Road to run a tombola to help raise funds for Breast Cancer Research. Laura's dear grandmother died of cancer 10 years ago and the raising funds for the research is very close to her heart.
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West Ox Arts holds an exhibition of the work of 20 of its members
There are 180 members of West Ox Arts and 20 of them put the exhibition together to raise funds to keep the Association running. Each member pays £25 a year but more money needs to be raised to keep the use of the gallery and support local artists.
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Bampton School hold own world cup festival 2018
Bampton Primary School's nursery class spent this term exploring the tournament, which ran from June 14th to Sunday's final in July. The children looked in depth at the countries taking part in Russia, including tasting foods, making fl...
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Robert Courts, MP for Witney resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary at The Foreign Office
In this article, Robert Courts explains why he resigned his post
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Bampton Gold ring found, sold at auction for £10,000
The Bampton ring sold for £10,000 at auction today, November 26th 2018. Engraved with an elaborate coat of arms featuring a chevron decorated with small dots between three birds' heads, the ring dates to between the late 1500s and early 1700s...
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Bahar Interiors, a new shop in Rosemary Lane, August 2018
A new shop called Bahar Interiors, run by Bahar Murphy opened in Rosemary Lane in what used to be part of Constables the bakers shop in August 2018.
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Funeral of George Collins June 29th 2018
George Collins and family came to Bampton in 1943 from Somerset when he bought Weald Farm. George lived to be 102 years old and was active almost to the last. The Archive filmed a conversation with George who talked about his farming life and yo...
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WODC finally agree the Local Housing Plan September 2018
The Local Plan, which outlines the 15,950 houses to be built in West Oxfordshire between 2011 and 2031 was finally agreed by a two thirds majority of councillors. It's been years in the making and agreeing meanwhile many villages have had hu...
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OCC document how tax payers' money is to be spent 2018/19
Each year, Oxfordshire County Council produce a document to show how and where they are to use council tax money and the money they get from central government, which has been cut annually for at least 10 years (as at 2018). Areas covered include...
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Descendants of Richard Edginton b.1807
This is the family tree of Richard Edginton.Names in the family tree.Barrett Basson BellingerBone Buckingham BunceBurchell Bu...
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Descendants of Thomas Radband b.1680
This is the family tree of Thomas Radband b.1680 who married Sarah.Names in the family tree.Ackling Ainsworth CampbellCarter Edginton ...
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Interactive Art Talk on early C20th African-American Art
An advert for an Interactive Talk on early C20th African-American Art including work by Jacob Lawrence to be held in Bampton January 2018
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The Cake Element Bakery opened in part of Duttons in the winter of 2017-2018. This newspaper article from the July 4th 2018 Witney Gazette gives a history of how Michelle and Ivan came to have their shop and cafe.
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The Donkey Derby is one of the major fund raising events organised by the SPAJERS - the Society for The Preservation of Ancient Junketing. Many Bampton clubs and societies have stalls in the field. As well as the races, young children can buy a ...
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Poster for a talk by Professor Roger Jones
The Friends of St Mary's have recently been arranging a series of 3 talks, one in Feb, March and April to raise funds for the church. This poster was for the Feb 2018 talk entitled"The Graveyard Shift: surgery and body snatching at Guy&...
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The SPAJER'S Great Shirt Race 2018
These are a few of the photographs and a couple of newspaper cuttings of the 2018 SPAJER'S Great Shirt Race.
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June 30th 40 people walked Bampton on a big clean-up
Almost 40 people set to and walked Bampton on a big clean-up on June 30th 2018. They did an amazing job. WODC leader James Mills joined in as did Ted Fenton the Witney West and Bampton county councillor. Maurizio Fantanto organsied the whole th...
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Bahar Interiors, a new shop in Bampton in Rosemary Lanet
A new shop in Bampton opened in August, Bahar Interiors, in Primrose Lane. This is their business card.
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Tom Buxton and Sarah Radband went to Ypres to take part in the"Grand Pilgrimage 9090 years ago - 10 years after WW1 a grand pilgrimage was undertaken by wives, mothers relatives and comrades of the fallen.Following the same route as those who...
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Open top carriage ride for residents of Rosebank Care Home in High Street
The residents of Rosebank Care Home in the High Street in Bampton were treated to a lovely carriage ride drawn by two beautiful horses in October 2018.
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Mary Ellis, ATA WWII died aged 101
Mary Ellis died in the summer of 2018 on July 24th. She was born in Langfield near Witney and was one of the first women to take to the skies in Spitfires and heavy bombers. She was a friend and colleague of Molly Rose OBE who was another ATA pi...
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Laura Hatwell holds a tombola to raise funds for breast cancer research
Laura Hatwell opened her garden in New Road to host a tombola to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer. Laura' grandmother died of cancer so the cause is very close to her heart.
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A few of the properties for sale in 2018
These are just a few of the properties for sale in 2018. They do not include any of the 160 homes recently built by Cala Homes along New Road.
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Some of the properties on sale in Bampton in 2018
This is a small selection of properties on sale in Bampton, just to give an idea of prices.
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Confirmation Downton Abbey the film will be made
This small item in the Witney Gazette of July 18th 2018 confirms that a film of Downton Abbey is to be made. This is good news for Bampton because most of the outside scenes are filmed here, around and sometimes in the church and hopefully, it wi...
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The SPAJERS once again held the Donkey Derby on August Bank Holiday Monday 2018. Many village clubs and societies have stalls in the field and there is a wonderful tea tent. The day gives fun to all while raising funds to give Bampton's pen...
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Prayer during the Interregnum Sept 2017 to Sept 2018
Rev David Lloyd retired and left St Mary's at the end of September 2017 and thus a period of Interregnum began and lasted until September 9th 2018 when Canon Janice Collier was inducted. This prayer cards was given out to the congregation to...
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Over 20 artists showcase their work at West Ox Arts, summer 2018
West Ox Arts, which uses the upper floor in the Town Hall in the Market Square, exhibited the work of over 20 artists in the summer of 2018 which included ceramics, textiles and print. The chairman is Sue Turner.
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Downton Abbey the film, outside scenes being filmed in Bampton Sept 19th 2018
The film of Downton Abbey was being created in 2018 and the outside scenes by the church and Churchgate House, the home of the fictional Isobel Crawley.Filming took place in Bampton September 19th 2018.
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