Morris Dancing on Bank Holiday Monday June 4th 2012
Bampton Traditional Morris Men dancing on June 4th. I was only able to capture the early morning dancing but did make a film of the day's dancing which you can see at https://youtu.be/7hxrQ-c6-7Y
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Flooding in Bampton January 2007
Bampton was badly flooded in January 2007
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Edwin Eley's membership booklets for Amalgamated Engineering Union 1950 & 1951
These are Edwin Eley's membership booklets of the Amalgamated Engineering Union for 1950 and 1951
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Official search requests re land in Church St, 1959, 1960 and 1960
These three documents are all to do with search requests for the house which today is called Roseanne in Church Street.The names on the forms are:-1. March 3rd 1959 - Jesse Thomas King, Edith Mary King, Mabel Jane Bartlett2. July 18th 1960 - Geor...
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Cathie Wood, sister of starved brother donates money to Mind
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,...
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The Donkey Derby held on August Bank Holiday Monday is organised and run by the SPAJERS - Society for the Preservation of Ancient Junketing - to give Bampton people the chance to have fun while raising money to treat the senior citizens, who are t...
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This full sized poster was created for Eeles grocery shop in the Market Square for 1908. The shop later became International with Mr Harry Cooper as the manager, then Spar, Londis, Budgens and now - at 2018 - it is a Co-op shop. Through the year...
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Documents relating to Bampton Among Archives of D&C in Exeter, compiles by Lloyd Hughes Owens
These are a collection of records compiled by Lloyd Hughes Owens and cover many aspects of local life and people. 1247 local tithes; 1275 extract from Quo Warranto Roll concerning tenures; 1288 Bond of obligation to pay rent for Vicars' hous...
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History of Maps and maps of Bampton
In October 2012 the Bampton Environmental Watch Group had a wonderful talk given by John Leighfield on the history of maps and in particular maps of Oxfordshire and Bampton. It was very interesting to note that the first maps of Bampton showed th...
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Pre Inclosure map of Clanfield, Bampton, Aston & Yelford
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 ...
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Bampton tokens & coins of Simon Bassett, Walter Lardner and John Tull
SIMON BASSETT 1669. Simon Bassett paid tax on five hearths in 1662 and 1665: in the former year he signed the tax returns as cons table. His will was proved in the Consistory Court on 2.6.1681 (Reg. A, 284 V): he is described in it ...
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Bampton tokens of Simon Bassett, Walter Lardner and John Tull. Information supplied by Robert Duff
These three Bampton tokens of Simon Bassett, Walter Lardner and John Tull date between 1656 and 1669. Information supplied by Robert Duff."Quite a lot has been written about tradesman's tokens. Simon Bassett's seems to be the only o...
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Descendants of Thomas Tanner 1668 to 1733
Descendants of Thomas Tanner 1668 to 1733Family names within this tree areAkers, Aldsworth , Bailey, Barratt, Bartlett,Beale, Berrisford, Biles, Bishop, Blencowe, Broderick,Brooks, Buckingham, B...
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These are 5 family trees, all members of the Dixey family.
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John Phillips b.1676 Bampton poet
This cutting from the Hereford Times February 4th 1983. John Phillips had the nickname 'The Cider Poet' because one of his most popular poems was about cider. He is buried in Hereford Cathedral and there is a monument to him in Westmin...
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Notes from Dr Plot's description and Skelton's description of items to do with Bampton
Lloyd Hughes Owens researched the history of Bampton and her he's used Dr Plot's description of 1677 and Slelton's of 1823. There is much detail for the interested historian
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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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Descendants of William Lock b.1700
This is the family tree of William Lock b.1700 who married Mary Dalton.Names in the family tree.Alder Banham BeckleyBoote Butler Coll...
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The Ancient System of Farming at Aston by Richard Bersall written 1704
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.
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Descendants of John Dixey b.1709
This is the family tree John Dixey b.1709 who married Ann; she died in 1784.Names in the family tree.Alder Beckinsale Beechey BlowersBrooks Carter Clack Cock...
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History of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths of the Scarrott family 1718 to 1891
This is a record of the Scarrott family, which is also spelt Scarott, Scarrot, Skorrett, Scariot, Skerrett, Skariott, Skarratt, and Scarot.Christian names included:-AmeliaAnnCarolineCharlesCorneliusEdwinEliElizaElizabethEmanuelEsauEsterEzraFranci...
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Descendants of Edward Pettifer b. 1718
This is the family tree of Edward Pettifer b.1718 who married Sarah Broadest b.1718; they married in 1751Names in the family tree.Bowman Broadest CarpenterDrinkwater Godfrey ...
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The use of Thomas Jenner's fields in Weald 1731
These legal documents from 1731 name the fields that Thomas Jenner farms in Weald. There are two documents and the envelope there were in
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Descendants of Benjamin Tanner b 1731
This is the family tree of Benjamin Tanner b 1731 who married Barbara Parker b 1738.Names that appear in the Tanner Family Tree.Akers Aldsworth Bailey Barratt BartlettBeale Berrisford Biles ...
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The Free School. Orders and Statutes January 14th 1731
This notice was produced January 14th 1731 and lists the Orders and Statutes for the Free School. While it was called a Free School it is interesting to note that there were actually fees to be paid.
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This Indenture on Vellum records :-A Release from William Thomas and Hester his Wife of Lands in Bampton Oxfordshire to Francis Sims Dated the Thirteenth day of June 1735.
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Descendants of Jonathan Hunt b 1770 in Brize Norton
This is the family tree of Jonathan HuntNames included in the tree includeAdlem Beckinsale Bowles ClackClark Cox Daniels DixeyEdgar Fitzg...
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Descendants of Richard Butler b.1783
This is the family tree of Richard Butler b.1783 who married Hannah Taylor b.1786.Name in the family tree.Basson Bellinger BoneBuckingham Bunce But...
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Family trees of different part of the Eeles family
One branch of the Eeles family started a shop in Bampton that later became International, then Londis, Budgens and now - 2017 - it is a Co-op. These handwritten family trees were sent to the Archive and they cover just over 200 years. You will f...
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This map shows the Bampton Estates at 1789. This is before the fields were enclosed and the names of the people who farmed the strips or the name of the field area are on the map. The Quies fields are each side of the Bampton to Brize Norton roa...
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Map of 1797. Westwell east to Curbridge, Kemscott east to Coat Common plus St Giles Oxford
This map of 1797 shows the Bampton Hundred and the fields. There is also a map of St Giles in Oxford at this time. Today, Kelmscott is spelt with two Ts but on this map it has one.
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Descendants of Thomas Portlock Clarke b.1801
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Descendants of William Townsend b.1801 & Hunt Family
This is the family tree of William Townsend b.1801 who married Mary Ward b.1802 and the Hunt Family.Names in the family tree.Adlem Beckinsale Bowles ClackClark Cox ...
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Descendants of John Gould b.1802
This is the family tree of John Gould b.1802 who married Ann Gardner b.1809.These are the name in the family tree.Charleston Gardner GouldJury Kennedy M...
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General View of Agriculture in Oxon carried out in 1807
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...
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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 Richard Daniels b.1814
This is the family tree of Richard Daniels b.1814 who married Elizabeth Constable b.1814.Names in the family tree.Adams Baston Bradley ByeCarrington Constable Cook ...
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Descendants of Isaac Constable b.1818
This is the family tree of Isaac Constable b.1818 who married Susanna Griffin b.1817. The grandson of Isacc, Thomas Augustus, started Constable's bakery on the corner of the Market Square. The shop is now Mark's Kitchen, a very good Ch...
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Inclosure Map for Bampton 1821
These two maps were drawn up for the Inclosure of Bampton, 1821. The coloured one is a photograph of a page in the original Inclosure document held at St Lukes in East Oxford.
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Map of Bampton at the time of the Inclosure Act 1821
One of these maps shows the names of the fields and the waterways, important for growing and stocking fish are very clear, the second one is a photograph from a page in the Inclosure document held at St Lukes in Oxford and this shows the propertie...
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Descendants of Robert Radband b.1822
This is the family tree of Robert Radband b.1822 who married Elizabeth Higgs b.1822.Names in the family tree.Beckinsale Bird CattonClack Clinch ...
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Descendants of William Eeles b.1827
This is the family tree of William Eeles b.1827 who married Ann White b.1827Names in the family tree.Beaumont Beckley Bennett Boggis Carter Chapman C...
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Legal documents; a plea for change of the proposed area of Inclosure for Aston, Bampton 1834
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...
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Letters of protest and pleading re inclosure of land around Aston 1834
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...
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Letters regarding the proposed Inclosure of Common Fields in Aston and Coate
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,...
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Descendants of Joseph Brooks b.1835
This is the family tree of Joseph Brooks b.1835 who married Mary Stallard b.1833.Names in the family tree.Basson Buckingham BurtCadd Fell ...
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Descendents of Jonathan Hunt b. 1836 & Sarah Loveridge and the Morton family
These 18 pages are all about the descendents of Jonathan Hunt b. 1836 & Sarah Loveridge. There is also detailed information from the war diary of William Francis Wells. There are some really old photographs, photograph of ships sailed in, an...
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From the Witney Gazette February 28th 2018.“George and William Wilkinson, both born in Witney in the early 19th century, helped design key public buildings in the centre of Bampton that are still used to this day.Collected by archivists, pictures ...
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Descendants of James Charles Green b.1838
This is the family tree of James Charles Green b.1838.Name in the family tree.Ashfield Bartlett Beckley CambrayClack Cleaver Clements ColeyCurran ...
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Descendants of John Sheppard b.1838
This is the family tree of John Sheppard b.1838 who married Rachel Neal b.1812.Names in the family tree.Clark Clark(e) DayEagles Embling ...
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1842 March 21st Indenture between Thomas Denton of the first part Joseph Bartlett of the second part and Thomas Baker of the third part.1849 December 24th Indenture of Mortgage between Elizabeth Bartlett of the one part and George Frederick Hollo...
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Descendants of George William Cripps b.1843
This is the family tree of George William Cripps b.1843 who married Mary Hannah b.1845.Names in the family tree.Bond Caples CrippsFox Franks ...
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Special & Petty Session for the year 1849
This page lists all the Special and Petty Sessions for the year 1849. It is for transferring victuallers' licences; auditing constables' accounts; issuing precepts to overseers; to return a list of people qualified to be counselors; hea...
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Constable families baptised, buried and married in Bampton
This is a list of Constable families baptised, buried and married in Bampton.Constable families baptised, buried and married in BamptonBAPTISMS1. 1896 July 5th. Florence May Constable baptised. Parents Thomas Augustus & Florence Mary. Bak...
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Family tree for George Portlock 1850-1945 and Louisa Chandler
These family trees were compiled by Frank Hudson because the Portlocks are his ancestors
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An Address to Parents in 1850 bringing children to school in Bampton
This notice was given to all parents bringing their children to school in 1850. This was the new National School in Church View, where the Youth Club, Boxing Club and Bush Club members now meet. I wonder what parents would say today if given thi...
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Gardener's Gazetteer of Bampton, Aston & Cote 1852
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.
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Lascelles Gazetteer Bampton and Aston 1853
Lascelles Gazetteer of Oxon, Bampton. Alphabetical list of trades and professions. Classification of trades and professions. Millers, dairymen and farmers, fellmongers, fishmonger, glove manufacturers, grocers and tea dealers, hair dressers, ha...
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There are different spellings of the family name of Sheppard but that was not unusual in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. There are census returns, a birth certificate, Short Service paper for WWI volunteer Albert David Sheppard and a ...
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Victoria Scarrott, born January 26th 1855, daughter of Edwin & Harriet, travellers
This is a wonderful and very old picture of Victoria Scarrot, the daughter of Edwin and Harriet Scarrot who were travellers. She was baptised in Bampton. The family tree is very detailed. The predecessors and descendants are variously dressmake...
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Lloyd Hughes Owens' extracts from Vestry meetings between 1859 and 1916
Lloyd Hughes Owens read through old Vestry minutes and extracted bits he found interesting. They were hand-written notes and the Archive is indebted to Miriam James for typing them out to make life easier for the reader. These extracts are both ...
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Notes from Bampton Vestry meetings 1859-1916
These extract from the Vestry meetings are both interesting and in places I think very funny; it makes you realise there's nothing new under the sun where politics is concerned. With the establish of Parish Councils the Vestries lost much of...
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Indenture made the fourth day of May One thousand eight hundred and fifty nine
This document, an Indenture made May 4th 1859, has been typed out by Miriam James to make reading it a little easier. She has kept faithfully to the grammar, spellings, bold type, capital letters and a complete lack of punctuation so typical of t...
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Descendants of Christopher Buckingham b 1863
This is the family tree of Christopher Buckingham b. September 11th 1863 who married Ada Pickett b. 1871; they married in 1892.Names in the Buckingham family tree.Basson Buckingham Burt Cadd ...
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Properties sold and for sale in Bampton, 1866 to 2016 including Weald Manor in 1880
These are newspaper cuttings sales brochures about properties that have been sold and are for sale from 1866 to 2016 plus Weald Manor in 1880. Also on August 2nd 1866 a sale held at the Fleece Inn on the green in Witney by Jonas Paxton and George...
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Sale of land west & south of Weald Manor August 2nd 1866 plus manor house July 26th 1887
This is the sales brochure produced by Messrs Jonas Paxton and George Castle for the sale of two inclosures freehold and tithe free on August 2nd 1866. The map inside shows Weald Manor plus land to the west and south of the manor house, all in th...
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Ham Court, the Victorian addition of the 1870s
This series of photographs inside Ham Court farmhouse show the Victorian addition of the 1870s and the dining room which is on the east side of farmhouse. Note the hugely thick walls that take the weight of arched area that was originally open. ...
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Descendants of Ernest Billie Agg and the Wheeler Family
This is the family tree beginning with Ernest Billie Agg b.1870 and his wife Louanna Baxter b.1865. Their daughter Edith Florence Agg b.1897 married James Wheeler b.1900 and this tree follows the Wheeler line.Names in this family tree.Agg ...
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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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These are three hand written letter by T W Pembrey Draper & Co to the Misses D and L Smith in Lakenheath about their future employment in their department store which comprised the buildings on both corners of Bushey Row and High Street, Lesta...
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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...
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Sale notice for Weald Manor 1880
These documents are from the sale of Weald Manor in 1880. A hand written note added much later records the succession of owners from Reverend George Hustler to Mr Blackburne.
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Sales brochure for Weald Manor 1880 and again 1886
Sale notice for Weald Manor on June 4th 1880 and another sale noticeFreehold & Tithe-Free pasture & arable land for sale August 2nd 1886
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This is the original Duttons shop in Bridge Street somewhere about 1880. Note at this time there were just two windows, not four that are there today.In the second picture you can see George Dutton on the left and the 15 year old boy is William M...
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Descendants of Harry Whitlock b.1881
This is the family tree of Harry Whitlock b.1881 who married Lillian Oakey, no children, then Martha Newman b.1881.Names in the family tree.Appleton Bensky Bird BurchellCatton C...
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The Townsend and Hudson family at the Elephant & Castle, later at Castle View Farm
Albert Townsend, born c1884 married Mary Elizabeth Portlock born c1881. Early in the 1900s they bought the Elephant and Castle where Albert raised pigs and kept chickens. Towards the end of the 1930s they moved across the road when they bought C...
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Shops and businesses in and around the Market Square
1k. Cheapside can be seen from outside the west side of the Town Hall. The date is pre-1907 because Eton Villas had yet to be built in place of the thatched building in the centre of the picture. The George and Dragon inn is there as is Goodman...
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Conveyance, Thomas Angel Smith to George Oakey
This is a conveyance made on August 16th 1887. Mr Thomas Angel Smith to Mr George Oakey, the two cottages which are semi detached and today called 'Roseanne' and 'The Cottage' in Church Street. The gardens measure 1 rood and ...
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Schedule of Title Deeds & Document. 'The Cottage' now called Roseanne, Church Street
This is the schedule of Title and Deeds and Documents relating to 'The Cottage' (today in 2019 called Roseanne), Church Street, Bampton.The earliest date is August 16th 1887 and notes a conveyance between Mr. Thomas Angel Smith and Mr Ge...
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Right to production of deed relating to 'The Cottage' & 'Thatched Cottage' in Church Street
This document acknowledges the right of Messiers John Berriman Smith and Thomas Angel Smith to the "right to production of deed relating to Cottages and premises in Church Lane, Bampton" as the executors of the Will of William Angel Smi...
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Lance Corporal Herbert Lock: B Coy 44th Bn. Canadian Infantry, New Brunswick
Lance Corporal Herbert Lock: B Coy 44th Bn. Canadian Infantry, New Brunswick. He died aged 30 on November 1st 1918. He was the son of Mr & Mrs W Lock of the Market Place in Bampton.A315 - Entry of Herbert Lock's name in the cemetery re...
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Black Maria outside Castle View Farm c1888
A black maria outside Castle View farm c1888. A policeman can be seen sitting on top along with two other men, the centre man has the whip and reins. There is a lady holding a baby by the gate to the farm.
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Cheapside with 1890 on the back of the photo
This photograph was made into a card. On the back is written 1890. You can just work out the name Holloway over the building that most of us think of as Adrian Simmonds' home and shop. Present day three story dwelling Eton Villas are yet t...
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'Father and Dart' in 1890. Picture donated by RHC Davies. The name of 'Father' is not known
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Burials and deaths in Bampton 1890-1939 compiled by Lloyd Hughes Owens
When Lloyd Hughes Owens was chairman of Bampton Parish Council he borrowed the parish register of deaths and burials and compiled this list which covers the time 1890 to 1939. He has taken the trouble to put them in alphabetical order which helps...
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Burials in Bampton 1890 to 1947
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 ...
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Williams family 1890s with Os Williams
Os Williams is seen here with his family some time in the 1890s.He was in our retained fire service and part of the team that won the National Championships in Crystal Palace in 1904.He is in the front row on the left.
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Old Time Bampton. An album of pictures & explanations by Lloyd Hughes Owens c1974
This album was created by Lloyd Hughes Owens about 1974. It records events and buildings in Bampton from around 1890 to 1972 and will give you a wonderful idea of Bampton in the first half of the twentieth century
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Os Williams' family in the 1890s
These two photographs are of the family of Os Williams and were taken some time in the 1890s. Os Williams was a fireman in Bampton.Os Williams is seated in the front row on the left in the large group photo. These pictures were lent by David Darby.
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Ancient Order of Foresters entertainment program for Thursday April 13th 1893
This is a program printed for the Ancient Order of Foresters for the program of entertainment on Thursday April 13th 1893. The printer was Mr Beard whose printing works was in the west side of the Market Square in the dwelling many people think o...
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The Dixey family plus their Morris dancers
MO11EE - Morris dancing in Weald Manor in 1947. All people as you see them left to right - Jingy (William Nathan) Wells (fiddle), Francis Shergold, Bobby Wells (cake), Bill Brown, Bob Whitlock, Reg Whitlock, Ted Dixey, Fred Pettifer. Watching are...
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Bampton Morris Dancers from 1894 to 1950
2f. Castle farm. Barn or railway carriage in the farmyard behind the visiting Headington Quarry Morris dancers in 1949. George Hunt is the fool.2k. Jingy Wells with Bertie Clark, Bill Kimber, Sam Bennett and several named Bampton people.2o. Ear...
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POST, M.O. & T.O., S. B., Express Delivery & Annuity & Insurance Office. Thomas Wells Pembrey, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Faringdon at 5.30 am & 3.30 pm; dispatched at 9.10 am & 8.30 pm (box closes at7.50 pm); dispa...
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The Bell Inn, in the Market Square
The building that was The Bell Inn is now (in 2018) the Village Hall. In these pictures you will see it behind the railings and next to a shop on its western side called Robinson which sold meat and general stores. On its eastern side was a bake...
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Alfie Bryant's school in Wheelgate House, Market Square
Alfie Bryant's school at Wheelgate house, Market Square.Alfie also ran the Fire & Life Insurance Office from here. The school is possibly decorated for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.There was very little that went on in Ba...
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An ox roast in Corn Street, Witney, probably to celebrate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee 1897
When Rose Gerring died, aged 89, the Archive was given a box full of all sorts of things that were in her house. This photograph was taken in Corn Street, Witney and the people are celebrating a special occasion, probably the Diamond Jubilee of Q...
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Morris Dancing in the Market Square 1897
This is one of the earliest photograph of the Bampton Morris Men taken in 1897, Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee year.The dancers areGeorge Wells/TaylorThomas William TannerJoseph RouseRobert DixeyGeorge DixeyJames DeweCharles Henry Tanner, r...
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John Wharton explained:-This is an 1898 Fowler steam roller. But there is a story that goes with it. In 1898 the employees of Fowlers of Leeds went on strike because they objected to their wages being reduced. The Oxfordshire Steam Ploughing Co...
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Members of the Bishop Family, Fred, Edie, Emmie and Rose
Emmie and brother George Bishop delivering vegetables by horse and cart before WWII. Emmie, really Emily Bishop married and became Mrs Emmie Papworth. With the lack of goods available during the WWII, their delivery round ceased.Emmie Papworth a...
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2nd edition maps of 1899 Bampton, Black Bourton, Mt Owen Road
These three maps are all labelled as 2nd edition 1899. They cover the area Central Bampton, north & south, east nearly to Aston, Black Bourton south to Cowleaze Corner, east to Elephant & Castle in Bridge Street and Mt Owen Rd, west t...
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