Mrs Sarah Wearne of Bampton kindly agreed that her account of the history of the Bampton War Memorial published in
Vol 3. No 1 of the Bampton Beam in April 1988 could be reproduced.
Entitled Bampton War Memorial and War Graves, and contains the following information:
References to William Wheeler. Arthur George Martin, Thomas Wells and Sidney Clark, Daniel Skinner, Thomas Gillett, George and William Poole, Thomas and John Wells, James and Charles Cripps. Walter and Alfred Lay, William Morton, Walter Greenfield Lindsey
Conveyance for the upkeep of the Memorial
National Inventory of War Memorials
Application Forms for membership of the British Legion
Conveyance for the upkeep of the Memorial
National Inventory of War Memorials
Members of British Legion
Mr Standley Smith
Philip Shaw
Gordan Shute
Peter Anson Smith
Dr Bernard Rose
John Parrish
Alistair G Newing
Major John Alvey
William Henry Challinor Mayhead
A.F Munford
W J Hastie
Frederick James Loxton
J.C.A. Edgell
M.I. HallMr J Curley
James Patriuck Dunstan
J.F.G. Coles
Reginald James ChambersG A Bishop
Rev John Paul Burrough
A C Newport
Thomas Alexander Ritchie
G Timms
Robert Asgill Colvile
Col MWT Roberts OBE
Arthur Beckley
Royston Shergold
Yvette Helene Brown
Bryan Deane
Article on Invasion of Madagascar and a sketch Map
Leaflet and Letters from Right hon Douglas Hurd and Peter Smith Ref: War Pensions

Broad Street looking South c1930s

43 photographs of Bampton, showing some funny April Fool jokes on the road signs and Downton Abbey sets, supplied by Margaret & Tandy Govier

29 photographs of Bampton Town Hall from 1860's plus page of descriptions of each photo.

Floods in Bampton 1932 to 2010

Newspaper cutting from Witney Gazette 1997 about Planning applications placed around the Market Square for a Mosque to be built. Obviously April Fool

Photograph of Mrs Edie Foreshew, sister of Emmie Papworth about to go into Emmies, the paper shop

Snow_at_Saint_Mary_s_Trailer_Court_1988-99_winter

Flooded land where houses are proposed to be built

Photograph of Susan Philips outside her home, Haytor, in Lavender Square. Susan was the founder and Editor of The Bampton Beam and the Bampton Directory.