Bampton Market Square, shops and businesses
- BCA - 2025.8097
- Item
- 2025
Market Square shops and businesses from about 1900. Old photographs and text
Nik Stanbridge
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Bampton Market Square, shops and businesses
Market Square shops and businesses from about 1900. Old photographs and text
Nik Stanbridge
The Farmhouse Pantry run by Julia Rouse
This shop was originally the premises of Mr Money, Boot and Shoemaker in the High Street. After Mr. Money's retirement, Mrs Francis Henley rented the shop for her daughter , Hazel, to run as a boutique. It was later rented by Mona Wilkins whose daughter also ran it as a boutique. It was finally run by Julia Rouse, daughter of Don and Mary, as The Farmhouse Pantry .
Janet Newman
These photos show a selection of businesses that are no longer available to the residents: Angela John Antiques, Health Matters, Barclays Bank, John Temple’s Hardware Shop, The Market Square Garage and Showroom where can be seen the clock that originally graced the Town Hall and The Farmhouse Pantry which had previously been a boutique and before that Mr Money ran his shoe maker and repair shop from that premises.
Janet Newman
William Hudson: WWI Ration Book of Bill & Annie Hudson
This is Frank Hudson's parents who lived in Plantation Cottages and used the ration card to get their provisions from Local Shops in Bampton.
The retailers mentioned on the card are
Butcher - H Taylor and Sons,
Butter and Margarine - GW Dutton
Sugar, Bacon Tea and Jam - Mitchells Grocer
Janet Westman
Photographs from Kencot showing names of builders on carved into Chimney stones. Lock, Radband and Preston They were local builders from Bampton
Janet Westman
Tanning Pits found behind Wheatsheaf
17 Photographs showing excavation of the Tanning Pits found behind the Wheatsheaf Inn. Date of these photographs, not shown, but Bampton had leather tanning industry
Janet Westman
Constables the Baker certificate of Merit,
Constables the Baker, certificate of merit from Hovis dated Feb 8th 1995 and some photographs of Bampton firemen with horses and prizes
Nik Stanbridge