This picture, taken c1912 is looking along Bridge Street from the Market Square.The Talbot Inn can be seen on the left, next to it is a narrow red brick home and next to that is Thompson's high class grocery store which today is The Romany In...
This is the only department store that has ever been in Bampton and it sold anything and everything from lino to material, bolts of cloth, men's and women's clothing, footwear and much more and it also housed the Post Office.Today, the p...
This is Church View looking North towards the church of Saint Mary The Virgin. Apart from the complete lack of cars, note the open ditch on the right with large stone slabs crossing it to afford access to each of the dwellings along the street. ...
This is a view of Broad Street looking to the North.The young trees on the left were a gift for the village from George Gerring. The trees that had been there were in a dangerous state and had been removed.There are gas lights on the left, a rece...
Properties in Mercury Close had been empty for quite some time since they were no longer used by personnel from USAF based at Fairford. Local MP Douglas Hurd came to see the vandalism to the properties.
Miss Marjorie Pollard OBE from The Deanery in Bampton officially opened Kingsgate flats for senior citizens in Aston in 1976. Mr Richard Godbehere was warden at the flats. Marjorie and Richard called in on Miss Joan Barton to see how she liked h...
Yet again the local plan for housing has been delayed. West Oxfordshire District Council said it is because they've received far more feedback from local than they expected and they need time to go through them all. While we have no plan in...
Bampton residents were invited to take part in a survey; around 1,500 questionnaires were completed as part of the project to draw up a community-led plan for the village, to help guide future developments by reflecting residents' views.
The developers Gladman Developments keep trying to get permission to create a new housing estate on land between the Aston Road and Buckland Road. Twice it has been turned down but the company has a 90 percent success rate. Now, at February 2021...
Campaigners have condemned the xo-called 'no win no fee' policy of a developer behind plans for more than 700 homes on sites across Oxfordshire. 446 are planned for sites in West Oxfordshire. Sites are in Witney and Bampton.
Witney Gazette Aug 26th 2015.A Government inspector, Simon Emerson has been appointed to look at WODC plans for house building in next 20 years.More detail in the article.
This envelope and cutting were lent to the Archive by Freda Bradley. Sundown Cottage was in the grounds of Prospect, the house immediately in front of you as you walk down the lane past the south side of the Grammar School. Mr & Mrs Rose bou...
These little cottages have been extended over the years but seen here, Nos 1 and 2 Mill Green are in their original petite state. A snowy time after Christmas 1981
Freda Bradley lent this to the Archive to copy and we believe she is talking about her Grampy owning Sundown Cottage at one time.In the 1960s it was purchased by Bernard Rose along with Sandfords where he and wife Molly lived and he demolished the...
In the 1970s Fleur de Lys was a hair salon owned by Margaret Roberts. It is in Bushey Row. There were several owners after Margaret and it was later a video rental shop, a shop selling twee things for gardeners and a Physiotherapy Centre. Now i...
In 1983 the Lowlands Area Planning Sub committee gave permission for 70 more homes to be built between New Road and Coalpit Lane. The said no more than 20 per year on the 8 acre site but in the event, there were more than this annually.
These are just five of the adverts in the July 2012 issue of The Bampton Beam and are forLittle Westbrook self catering in Bridge StreetA personal trainerPrestige BuildingsBampton GarageS J Cooper, builder
Bampton Meadows, a new housing development is to be built by Taylor Wimpey at the bottom of Mount Owen Road on the Aston side. Taylor Wimpey have agreed to pay £1.4 million on local amenities.
Councillors across the political spectrum at West Oxfordshire District Council have agreed that changes to the planning system are not suitable for West Oxfordshire.
The staircase to the top floor of the Grammar School was removed in the 1960s when people stood a greater chance of getting to the ground floor by falling through the rotten floor than coming back down the stairs. The Bampton Community Archive me...
These newspaper cuttings are all from 1982 and the topics covered includeconcern over housing scheme which would mean some tenants losing half their gardensDarby & Joan club, WI Club,Buckland Road to be closed for up to three months while the ...
These 9 newspaper cuttings are all from 1968. The topics covered includeDeputy county surveyor faces a barrage of complaints including roadworks in the Market Square, Village green areas being used as dumping grounds, badly sighted new road signs...
Workhouse yard in Weald was a row of 6 cottages, two faced the road and four went at right angles away from the road. The two which faced the road were demolished at least as early as 1968. Today, the remaining 4 cottage have been knocked into t...
St Mary The Virgin Steeple can be seen very clearly from Sandford Field. There are more cottages between the field and the church than exist today. The one on the left is Sandford and has been much enlarged since this picture was taken.
In 1989 Mr Geoffrey Fowler, then the County Councillor for Bampton Division of Oxford, began the process of trying to get the National School in Church View listed as a "building of architectural and historic interest." Sadly, Mr Fowler...
Rev. Andrew Scott retired from being a vicar, the vicar of Bampton and Clanfield in 1996. With the monetary gift from parishioners he went on a tour of Europe and this is his diary of that holiday.
Terry Crowley, the father of Rosemary Linnet Sanguine, bought Thatched Cottage in the early 1960s and set about doing some research on the dwelling, which is one of the oldest in Bampton. This pdf documents his findings.The excavation carried out...
This picture is of Bell Cottage which was visible briefly across the Market Square after Market Square Garage was completely removed and before Thornberry Flats were built on the site. The people living in the cottage at the time couldn't wa...
This picture shows the spire of St Mary The Virgin Church in Bampton seen across Sandford field. It was taken early in the twentieth century. Today, a hedge obscures the view of the houses in the foreground but not all still exist.
The map was produced in 1921. The first map is has been reused to show where council houses were to be built on the south side of New Road and where the sewerage pipes were to be laid to the sewerage works along the Buckland Road.Mains sewerage c...
These four maps were all produce in 1971 and coverOrdinance Survey Plan SP3002-3102 Weald, Hayway Lane, Weald St, Clanfield RoadOrdinance Survey Plan SP3003-3103. Bridge St east to end of houses, north to new school, Colvile CloseOrdinance Survey ...
Huge thanks to Janet Westman for allowing us to put her maps on this website for all to see for free when they are still available for sale, either as black and white or hand coloured by Janet. You can order them theougThe Witney map you can see ...
Witney Gazette September 20th 2014.The developer behind a 160-home estate in the village has agreed to fund an extension at Bampton Primary School. Richborough Estates, which was granted planning permission by West Oxfordshire District Council in...
Witney Gazette March 19th 2014. Detached house in Primrose Lane for sale at £335,000Witney Gazette July 9th 2014. Three properties for sale in Bampton ranging in price from £299,950, through £375,000 to £420,000Witney Gazette August 6th 2014. T...
A view of part of Mercury Close. The quarters were sold in 1986 on a 99 year lease from the Crown Estate.Lyn Dunsby said "The first people living here were army families. The signal camp in Weald was still functioning in those days. I had...
Witney Gazette August 6th 2014. Gladman Homes, previously refused permission to build 127 homes off the Aston road have submitted a new application to build 116 homes instead on the same site. The original application was turned down due to conc...
Witney Gazette December 3rd 2014. Richborough Estates have to stick to the 8-year build period on the site at the East end of New Road. They will be built in phases up to 2023.Well that was the condition for granting planning permission. In the...
Local residents and doctors at Bampton's surgery say we can't cope with another approximately 280 home. 160 proposed along New Road and 127 in the land between the Aston and Buckland Roads. There is also an application in with WODC for...
This picture is of Church View looking North towards St Mary The Virgin church.No cars, no footpath and little in the way of horse droppings so probably around 1940-1950.
These two pictures of Church View, looking North towards St Mary The Virgin Church were taken in the first half of the twentieth century. It was always the custom to 'air the house' in a morning and you can see bedroom windows wide open...
Witney Gazette March 19th 2014. Homes get the go-ahead in spite of a vigorous campaign against them by locals. The council's deputy leader, Mark Booty who lives in Bampton suggested a compromise ie 60 homes built in 2017, 50 homes in 2019 a...
The Local Plan, which outlines the 15,950 houses to be built in West Oxfordshire between 2011 and 2031 was finally agreed by a two thirds majority of councillors. It's been years in the making and agreeing meanwhile many villages have had hu...
This picture of the Town Hall is taken from the east end of Bridge Street. You can see a little of the Market Square Garage and the shop next to it. The clock on top of the Town Hall was put their in thanks to Philip Southby. When work was done...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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,
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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 ...
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...