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Searches in 1959, 1960 and 1967 for The Cottage, now called Roseanne in Church Street
These are three different searches all to do with The Cottage in Church Street, today (2019) called Roseanne.1. March 3rd 1959 for Jesse Thomas King, Edith Mary King and Mabel Jane Bartlett2. July 18th 1960 for George Collins Graves, George Alfred...
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Statutory Declaration by G.A. Graves & J.H. Graves, July 12th & 13th 1960
This is the Abstract of the Title of The executors of George Collins Graves to property in Church Street October 23rd 1903.Names mentioned in the document include :-1. George Collins Graves2. John Berriman Smith3. Anne Smith4. Margaret Ann Clarke5...
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Search re land with The Cottage March 2nd 1960
These documents all relate to a search on the land with The Cottage (now called Roseanne) in Church Street in March 1960 on behalf of Mr & Mrs L.M. Slatter.
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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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Abstract of the title of executors of B C Graves 1960. Oct 23rd 1903
These are three documents all related to a search regarding the land immediately behind and what was to the east side of The Cottage, now called Roseanne in Church Street.The date is March 2nd 1960,
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Mr & Mrs L M Slatter request search on land with The Cottage March 2nd 1960
Under the Town and Country Planning Act of 1954, an application made for notice under section 33 (1) regarding land at Church Street. A need to know if in the next 5 years the council propose to acquire, compulsory or otherwise, or if the council...
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Statutory declaration by G.A. Graves & J.H. Graves July 12th & 13th 1960
This is a statutory declaration by G.A. Graves and J.H. Graves made on July 12th and 13th 1960.They say the land in Church Street along with shed and pigsties was conveyed to their father George Collins Graves October 23rd 1903 in a conveyance bet...
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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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Application for a renovation grant from WODC for Mrs Lucy Slatter, Roseanne, Church Street
The first document is from 'Anchor Staying Put' in Witney and Lee Chadwick solicitors in Witney applying for a grant from West Oxfordshire District Council and a request to complete an attached Proof of Title FormThe following forms docu...
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Documents lodged with Land Registry 1959-2008
This is a simple list of documents that have been lodged with the Land Registry from 1959 to 2008 with regard to the property called Roseanne. On some documents it has been spelt Roseann.Names mentioned are:-E.M. KingMr & Mrs G J SlatterMr G....
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Legal documents re The Cottage & Thatched Cottage 1965-1967
This pulls together various legal documents that have been put on this website all to do with 'The Cottage' now called Roseanne in Church Street and sometimes there's reference to 'Thatched Cottage' with which it is semi-d...
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Conveyance of 'The Cottage' along with 'Thatched Cottage'
This document dated March 30th 1908 is a conveyance by the solicitors Messrs John Townsend Rose & John Wakelin to Mr Henry Peter Faulks and concerns the conveyance of 'The Cottage' (today called Roseanne) and 'Thatched Cottage&#...
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Abstract of Titles of Mr G. A. Graves
This is the Abstract of Title of Mr G. A. Graves and makes reference to1. the memorandum endorsed on the Probate of the Will of George Colin Graves deceased dated February 3rd 19662. a conveyance dated July 28th 1960 made between George Alfred Gra...
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Statutory declaration of Mrs M. J. Bartlett re 'The Cottage'
This statutory declaration by Mabel Jane Bartlett is to stay she's known the property called 'The Cottage' (now known as Roseanne in 2019) for 35 years. After reading a conveyance dated April 13th 1934 between Henry Peter Faulks an...
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Requisition for an official search re 'The Cottage' by OCC and WRDC
The solicitors who put in this application were Ravenor, Batt and Lee, 14 The Hill, Witney.It relates to 'The Cottage' in Church Street, a property which now has the name Roseanne.The total cost for searches by OCC (Oxfordshire County Co...
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Requisition for an official search, The Cottage, now called Roseanne January 9th 1959
This is an official search on 'The Cottage' in Church Street (now called Roseanne) both by Oxfordshire County Council and Witney Rural District Council (WRDC) made on January 9th 1959.The official search cost 5/- (25p) and there were cha...
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Abstract of the title of representative of Edith Mary King to a cottage in Church Street. 1959
This is a really interesting set of legal documents because because it documents people who owned two cottages in Church Street, now called 'Roseanne' and 'Thatched Cottage' which are semi detached. Thatched Cottage is thatche...
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In estate of Jesse Thomas King deceased, assent to Edith Mary King
Legal document dated January 25th 1949 In the Estate of JESSE THOMAS KING Deceased - Assent - vesting the Deceased's Estate in his wife/widow Edith Mary King.The property was called 'The Cottage' and is now called Roseanne, in Ch...
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Conveyance of 'The Cottage', now known as Roseanne, in Church Street 13.4.1934
An application for an Official Search for The Cottage (now known as Roseanne) garden and premises situate in Church Street Bampton on April 12th 1934 followed by :-Conveyance on April 13th 1934 between Henry Peter Faulks of Clanfield in the county...
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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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Official certificate of search, 'The Cottage' - now Roseanne - by WRDC
This is a schedule to search relating to 'The Cottage' a property now (2019) called Roseanne. The handwritten account says:-All that messuage or Cottage together with the garden outbuildings and premises thereto adjoining and belonging ...
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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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Sale of parcel of land behind the garage with Roseanne
This is the conveyance of a small plot of land behind the garage of the house now called Roseanne in Church Street.Sold by Alice Investments Ltd to Mr George James Slatter and his wife Mrs Lucy Mary Slatter who owned Roseanne.It cost £1.
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Conveyance of property in Church Street
This is a conveyance of land including garden, shed, yard and pigsties at the back of the house now called Roseanne in Church Street.Mr G. A. Graves and Mr J. H. Graves sold to Mr George James Slatter and his wife Mrs Lucy Mary Slatter, who owned ...
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Conveyance of freehold cottage in Church St. now called Roseanne
This is a conveyance of a freehold cottage and premises situate in Church Street, Bampton in the county of Oxford.The personal representative of Edith Mary King deceased to Mr George James Slatter and his wife Lucy Mary Slatter.The sale price was ...
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Restoration and renovation of Roseanne, Church Street
When John and Rose Grout bought Roseanne in Church Street, they set about renovating and modernising the property. It is a very old house and John photographed beams, timbers and stonework as he went in 2008.John Grout said:-"The two cottage...
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Sale of 'The Cottage' and Thatched Cottage 1908
Dwelling houses - The Cottage (now called Roseanne) and Thatched Cottage, semi detached, were for sale by auction in the Talbot Inn, Bampton on March 4th 1908. Thatched Cottage was almost certainly two dwellings at some previous point in time. B...
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Bampton's pumping station in 1914
The pumping station for Bampton used to be nearer to Brize Norton than Bampton along Station Road. This picture was taken at the pumping station in 1914.An interesting mixture of clothing with some in shirt sleeves and two looking fit to be on a ...
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The Grange seen through the twentieth century
Most of these photographs of the Grange in the High Street were taken early in the twentieth century.The Morris dancers are seen there in the 1980s.
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The Old Grammar School in Church View
BAADF6 - The north side of the Grammar School in Church View built in 1650. Photograph taken in 1946. There was a good area of garden with it which can be seen beyond the building but most of it is now fenced off and rented by the people in Churc...
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Sale of 2 dwellings in Church Street 1908
To be sold by auction byRichard Gillettat the Talbot hotel in Bampton on Wednesday March 4th 1908, by order of the trustees under the will of the late George Oakey, and under condition to be then and there produced.It looks as if the properties we...
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These photographs were all taken by John Grout in 1998 to record Church Street as it looked in that year.
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After Market Square Garage was removed, before Thornberry Flats were built
These pictures, all taken by John Grout, record the brief moment in time where the Market Square Garage was totally removed and before Thornberry Flats were built on the site. Bell Cottage, the little thatched house is clearly visible.
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Cyril Smith & Son Christopher rebuilding wall at Castle View
Cyril Smith and his son Christopher re-building part of the wall at Castle View, once Castle View Farmhouse on Bridge Street in 2004.Cyril could turn his hand to any building problem and was known for getting about Bampton with his bicycle and he ...
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Local Plan for housing finally agreed by government's planning inspectorate
For what feels like years and years, WODC have been putting together a Local (housing) Plan and at long last, it was agreed by the governments planning inspectorate. All far too late to stop the speculative developments which WODC could not stop ...
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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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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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St Mary's seen from Sandford Field
This view of St Mary The Virgin Church was taken looking across Sandford Field, probably in the 1950s but could be ten years earlier. Several of the little cottages seen here have been demolished and Sandfords, the house, has been considerably en...
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The old Carillon in St Mary's, Bampton
The old carillon had to be turned off permanently in the end when too many pins on the drum had fallen out and simply would not stay in place when put back. The resulting sound was not good. When the drum rotated, each pin in the drum would trig...
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When work was done at Castle View, which at one time was Castle View farmhouse, a well was found. When the work to modernise was completed, the well was covered over and is now under part of the kitchen.
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George & Dragon & Quebec Cottage when you could see it
The George and Dragon while still a pub and Quebec Cottage when it wasn't hidden by trees. It's now almost impossible to see the cottage in the summer when the leaves are on the trees.
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Roads & pathways at Oakwood Gate, built by Cala Homes are not finished
By December 2018 there was growing anger and frustration at many aspects of the new area called Cala Homes also known as Oakwood Gate, along the north side of New Road which had not been finished or done to a good standard. Residents first moved ...
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The Old Forge and neighbouring properties
To the right of Cromwell House as seen from the road is The Old Forge, which was as its name suggests the site of a forge at one time but is now a private house, partly in Cheapside and partly in Church Street.Cromwell House may have got its name ...
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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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Hughes' Garage in Cheapside in 1966
The garage in the Market Square was in existence at the start of the C20th when Oliver Onesipherous Collett owned and ran it. Around the middle of the twentieth century it was bought by Len Hughes and it's interesting to note that he left th...
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Five views of Bampton on one postcard - late 1960s
A postcard with 5 views of Bampton including The War Memorial, the South side of the Market Square, south east aspect of St Mary The Virgin, The Highmoor Brook having gone under the road by Brook House and Town Hall with Market Square Garage in th...
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Church View looking north to St Mary's, late 1960s
A view along Church View in the late 1960s with St Mary's at the north end. Not a car in sight which is something you won't see now unless Downton Abbey are filming here.
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Sale of the Benfield Estate September 22nd 1982
This is the sales brochure for the sale of the Benfield Estate in Bampton on September 22nd 1982
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Knapps farmhouse for sale in 1999 for £350,000
Newspaper cuttings from the Oxford Times 1999.The thatched eastern end of Knapps farmhouse was originally built as a timber framed medieval hall in the C14th. The stone walled section built under a slate and thatched roof was built in the C17th a...
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These are 4 letters from a Mrs Roberts in Wantage to Mrs Sollis at The Swan Inn in Buckland Road. It looks as if Mrs Sollis has shown interest in buying a property from Mrs Roberts. The final letter tells Mrs Sollis the cottage has been sold to ...
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Bampton - Country Life magazine July 26th 1946
This is the 2nd of two articles in successive issues of Country Life magazine July 1946. There are pictures of the Grammar School which now houses the library and the exhibition space called the Vesey room used by Bampton Community Archive and We...
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Bampton - Country Life magazine July 19th 1946
This is the first of two articles in successive weeks in Country Life magazine July 1946. This article talks about the architecture of Bampton with pictures of the Market Place, the early Victorian Town Hall, Morris Dancing, Lime Tree house, Thom...
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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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Sale of Sundown Cottage - was through gate to Sandford
Sundown Cottage was a little cottage just inside the grounds to the right of the gate going into Sandford, down the lane from the Grammar School. When it was more or less derelict it was bought by Molly and Bernard Rose and demolished. You can s...
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The house called Sandford & letters to Mr & Mrs Bernard & Molly Rose
The house now called 'Sandford' was bought for Mr & Mrs Bernard and Molly Rose by Molly's brother of Marshall's Flying School Limited. Bernard had not long been demobbed and he had been a POW in Stendal, Germany. Molly wa...
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Sandford Field and the spire of Saint Mary The Virgin church, c1930
Sandford field looking north, circa 1930.The hedge has not grown up to hide 'Sandfords' (the house), and the area there contains two cottages, not just one large house.Field Cottage is the house on the right.The clearly defined path was ...
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Mrs White in her doorway, Sandford Cottage.
Sandfords Cottage early 20th century with a well in the lower left corner of the picture. The well was shared by the neighbouring cottage which is Brook Cottage. There was a little footpath between the two cottages where, in the 1950s Mr Bert Wh...
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Sandfords in 1946 and again in 1954
Two photographs of Sandfords, one taken in 1946 and again in 1954 after the extension was added. The family living there was was Mr & Mr Bernard and Molly Rose and their children Nigel, Gregory (then named Peter) and Graham. The little girl ...
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Sale brochure for The Lew Estate September 23rd 1914
This is the sale brochure for The Lew Estate for sale on Wednesday September 23rd 1914. Listed as a compact Freehold Residential and Sporting Property of 614 acres 0 rods and 8 poles.Knight, Frank & Rutley were the auctioneers to be held at t...
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Sales brochure for The Deanery July 29th 1949
This is the sales brochure for The Deanery, to be auctioned on Friday July 29th 1949. A note saying 'understood no bid' has been pencilled in but at some point in 1949 Marjorie Pollard bought it.Along with the main house which was partl...
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One sale page for The Windmill, Station Road
It is a pity there is no date on this sales page for The Windmill on Station Road, but as the telephone number has just 4 digits I think it is about 1980.
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Sale brochure for The Grange, High St. Wednesday April 16th 1930
Sales brochure for The Grange, High Street by Messrs E.J. Brooks & Son on Wednesday April 16th 1930 by order of the executors. Looking at the pencil notes written in the brochure, the sale was withdrawn probably because it failed to reach the ...
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This is the sales brochure put out by Messrs Habgood & Mammatt of Witney for the sale of Garage Premises with commodious house, lock-ups, full equipment and garage proprietor's business in Cheapside, Bampton. It was being sold by Mr Appl...
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Sale brochure for 'The Grey House' (Grayshott House), High St. June 21st 1956
This sales brochure put out by Habgood & Mammatt of Witney was for the sale of 'The Grey House' - now called Grayshott House in Bampton High Street along with 'The Laurels' in Witney and 'Ivydene' in Delly End, H...
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Sales brochure for 'Little Weald' June 15th 1962 by Mallam, Payne & Dorn
This is the sales brochure for 'Little Weald' which is in Weald Street. The sale was conducted by Mallam, Payne and Dorn on Friday June 15th 1962 in the Central Rooms, 24 St Michael's Street, Oxford.
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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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North West & West aspect of the Town Hall & Eeles grocery shop
This picture was taken very near to 1900. The clock erected in 1908 is not yet on the roof.Wheelgate House is still the academy run by Alfie Bryant and Eeles shop is visible.The main feature is the Town Hall showing the north west and west aspect...
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Re-roofing the Grammar School in 1910
The Grammar School in Church View, close to St Mary's, had a new roof in 2010. Arthur Plaster is the person highest up on the roof and he came from a long line of carpenters.John Tanner is to the right, Alfred Collett to the left.It's n...
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Builders in Bampton early twentieth century
Members of the Green family were stone masons, general builders, carpenters, in fact between them they covered all the skills needed in building. Many were members of the retained fire service and many played football for Bampton. They all took ...
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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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Early morning sun on Primrose Cottage, Cheyne Lane, 1970s
The Pugin style Primrose Cottages in the golden glow of early morning sunshine in the 1970s
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Work starts on building Lavender Place Flats 1968
On March 29th 1938 the Oxford Times reported that work has started on building Lavender Place flats and it is to cost £46,860. The builders are A E Hobley and Sons of North Leigh.
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High Street looking west from the south end of Bushey Row
This is the High Street looking west from the south end of Bushey Row. The cars would suggest this was taken later in the 1920s. The war memorial can be see so it is post September 1920.Townsend's Cycle shop can be seen with cycles outside ...
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The home of the grandmother of Gladys John called The Yews in Church View pre 1914
The home of the grandmother of Gladys John called The Yews in Church View pre 1914. This is a delightful picture of the elderly lady and her home. There's an interesting item on the wall between the bedroom windows, above the doorway. At f...
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North end of Church View, possibly 1960s
This is the northern half of Church View with Saint Mary The Virgin church at the top end. Notice the bedroom windows open to air the rooms, the total lack of cars and the open ditch on the right with large slabs crossing it to afford access to e...
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Broad Street looking north in 1904
This is Broad Street looking north. The trees on the left were a gift from Mr Gerring who lived in Broad Street. Previously, there had been lime trees along the road but they'd had to be cut down. The council paid to have them planted.On t...
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Re-thatching of Strawberry Cottage, High Street
This picture, taken by Hilda Kent shows Strawberry Cottage in the High Street being re-thatched. The date is not known but was re-thatched early in the 1960s and again about 2007 so perhaps this was done about 1984.Andy Bowman did the work.I wond...
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This is the view seen from the gateway to Cobb House which is at the NW corner of St Mary's. It was one of three vicarages for many years. Bampton was a three portion village with one vicar based at Cobb House looking after Bampton Proper w...
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Part of internal doorway at Ham Court
The black and white picture was taken in the first half of the twentieth century and the colour one in September 2010 just 6 days before the property was sold by Jesus College Oxford. The pillar was once part of the open gateway to the inner cour...
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The Grange, High Street in 1997
This picture of The Grange in the High Street was taken in 1997 when it still had the beautiful wrought iron gates. Locals were saddened when they were replaced with solid wooden gates, which, while affording greater privacy to the owners made it...
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John Taylor looking at the clock that used to be on top of the Town Hall
This is John Taylor who owned the Market Square Garage. He is looking at the workings of the clock that was on top of the Town Hall until major refurbishment work was done on the Town Hall in 1972. For some reason, the clock was removed and John...
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Church View looking north towards St Mary's
Taken early in the twentieth century, this is a view along Church View with St Mary The Virgin Church at the far end. Today, there is a path on the right-hand side but here, there is an open ditch with large flag stones crossing it to give access...
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New Road showing the first 4 semi detached houses to be built east of Bushey Row
These are the first four pairs of houses to be built in New Road east of Bushey Row IN 1939. There were no houses on the opposite side of the road. In the distance, the 6 bungalows in Manor View can just be seen.
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The greenfield site where the new Bampton Surgery was to be built in Landells in 1990 and when the building work had begun. The spire of St Mary The Virgin is just visible and the building on the left is Manor Cottage, one of the oldest houses in...
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Some properties for sale in Bampton during 2015
These are 6 properties that came on to the market in 2015.
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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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Some Bampton properties for sale in 2017
These are some of the properties that were for sale in Bampton during 2017
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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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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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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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Lime Tree House in the High Street was a two-story building with a loft conversion. Today, it is much extended and has become Rosebank Care Home with a very high rating
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Re-opening of the Town Hall after refurbishment 1972
There are several newspaper items with people talking about the best use for the Town Hall once it is refurbished and then the Witney Gazette article documenting the official re-opening in August 1972 by Mrs M. F. Davey, accompanied by Lloyd Hughe...
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Tony Allam baking the last batches of bread before Constables closed c1981
Tony Allam was the baker for Mrs Constable for many years. The shop was by the roundabout opposite The Talbot and is now the Chinese takeaway called Mark's Kitchen. These photographs show the beautiful ovens and all the surrounding area.Tre...
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Research into Anglo Saxon Bampton by Dr John Blair 1988
In 1988 Dr John Blair from Queen Anne's College Oxford, gave a series of talks in Bampton Town Hall and produced this interim publication to go with one of his talks. He's special interest is Anglo-Saxon Bampton.
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The Grange, early twentieth century
These six photographs were taken inside the Grange and around the garden early in the twentieth century.A thatched summer house.Part of the back of the Grange with the large glass house just showing on the right.A tiny portion of the garden with a...
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The Wilkinson Brothers George and William, Architects
George and William Wilkinson were born in Witney in the early C19th . George designed the Town Hall in Bampton and the first brick was laid in 1838. William designed the delightful little church at Lew and the Randolph Hotel in Oxford and he als...
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Anglo-Saxon Bampton. Research paper 1988 by Dr John Blair
In 1988 Dr John Blair gave a series of talks in the Town Hall and this publication is from one of these talks. Anglo-Saxon Bampton. Research paper 1988 by Dr John Blair
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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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Bampton Today 1965 - an album created by Bampton branch of the Women's Institute
At the end of 1965 the Bampton branch of the Women's Institute produced this album called "Bampton Today 1965" for an inter-branch competition it is probably the best source anywhere of Bampton in any single year. It covers many su...
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Demolition of Market Square Garage & building of Thornberry Flats
Adrian Simmonds put on an Exhibition in the Vesey room which documented the demolition of the Market Square Garage and the building of Thornberry Flats. The text below is Adrian's and was part of his exhibition.The demolition of Market Squar...
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