This is one of the earliest photograph of the Bampton Morris Men taken in 1897, Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee year.
The dancers are
George Wells/Taylor
Thomas William Tanner
Joseph Rouse
Robert Dixey
George Dixey
James Dewe
Charles Henry Tanner, ragman
Henry Radband, sword carrier
William Nathan Wells, fool, known as Jingy
Richard Decimus Butler, musician

Adrian Simmonds' collection of items donated by Carol Langley. Adrian had a shop in the Market Square.
Janet Newman thinks the date is more likely to be 1916. William (Bill) Lock's
building company were doing lots of building work in Bampton at that time.
Charlie Lay (1895) was a stone mason living at Mill Green. He was the father of
Alfred Lay and Walter Lay, both of whom died in WW1 and commemorated on
the War Memorial. He was father of Ted Lay who was married to Ruth Pocock,
sister of Harry Pocock. Fred Lay (1897) was also Charlie's son. Thomas Dipper
(1850) was a bricklayer and lived in Mill Street. The only one I'm not sure about
is H. Lock. William's brother Herbert had worked on the building with his brother
but emigrated to Canada, returning to Bampton to marry, Marjorie in 1918, only
to be killed at Aulnoy, in France a few months later. It's possible that H. Lock
could have been a relative of William (Bill

Bampton Brass Band. Market Square. Notice that the arches of the Town Hall were bricked up. 1908.

Between 1926 and 1938 Bertie Clark, although not a Bampton man, played for the Bampton Morris Men and he can be seen here on the left. The dancers are on the South side of the Market Square in front of Folly View semi-detached houses.

This picture must have been taken some time between 1926 and 1938 because that was the period when Bertie Clark, seen here on the fiddle, played in Bampton.

They are dancing at the East end of the Market Square.

From Adrian Simmonds collection, A lovely old photograph showing Rosemary and Jack Day as children standing outside The Lamb which was on the corner of Market Square. The sign above the door says Richard Day licenced to sell beer to be consumed on the premises.

Newspaper cutting from 1930 with Photo of Dancers in the market square a double decker roadmaster is parked outside the Town Hall and the article refers to visitors arriving on omnibus from other villages

Black and white photo of Morris dancers taken on in 1934
Jingy Wells on fiddle, George 'Punch' Smith, Reg Whitlock Dancer

Extract from Kelly's Directory listing private residencies, occupations and organisations of Bampton in 1935.

Celebration of His Majesty King George V's Silver Jubilee, 1910-1935

Captain Gough