St Beornwald of Bampton by John Blair 1984 He was an Anglo Saxon Saint and Bampton Church was originally called St Beornwald's Bampton parish church was an Anglo-Saxon ‘old minster’. Scattered references show that St. Beornwald, described variously as ‘confessor’ and ‘priest and martyr’, was enshrined there from the mid 950s or earlier until the Reformation, and that the feast of his ‘deposition’ was celebrated on 21 December. A 14th-century gabled recess in the north transept may be part of his shrine; a monumental brass showing an ecclesiastic holding a crozier was possibly added in the early 15th century. It is suggested that Beornwald, who must have died between the mid 7th and mid 10th century, may have been head or founder of the minster community
Photographs taken by Henry Taint of Bampton Church between 1890 and 1915
18587 Bampton Church Southby Chapel 6306 Bampton Church from south 6308 Bampton Church from South West 6309 Bampton Church from West 6312 Bampton Church Chancel Arch 6313 Bampton Church the old Reredos 14th Century 12 Apostles 6314 Bampton Church OHC 1885 Bampton South Door 6315 Bampton Church West Porch 6316 Bampton Church South Porch OHC 1885 6809 Bampton Church from West 8414 Bampton Church Interior 10032 The Horde Chapel, Bampton Church 10037 The Horde Chapel, Bampton Church 11705 In the Horde Chapel, Bampton Church Thomas Horde Plaque 1890 11706 In the Horde Chapel, Bampton Church , Barbara Horde, Jane Horde 11707 In the Horde Chapel Marble Plaque 1900 18574 Bampton Church, East Window 18575 Bampton Church from the East 1915 18576 St Mary's Church Bampton 1915 18579 From the South Transept West Bampton Church 18580 Tomb of Lord Talbot Bampton Church Southby Chapel 18581 Bampton Church Southby Chapel 18582 Bampton Church From North west 18583 Inside the South Porch Bampton Castle 18585 North Transept Door Bampton Church 18648 Bampton Church 18649 Bampton Church 18650 Bampton Church, Lady Chapel 57124 Plaque Charles Horde, Horde Chapel Bampton Church 51123 Plaque Susanna Horde, Horde Chapel Bampton Church
August 2015, 92 year-old Vera Elward took a sponsored microflight to raise money for the church organ fund. When she was 95 years old she raised more money by flying a glider for an hour. She also wrote a poetry book to add to her money -raising efforts. In total she raised about £4000 towards the renovation of the church organ.
Copy of a Souvenir pull-out of roof restoration 2009-10 in The Beam 4 The total cost of the repairs to the Nave and Chancel Roofs was £410,000. In addition to the large number of donations from local people and those further afield, we received some £115,000 from a wide variety of events arranged by the Fund Committee members. These proved to be highly enjoyable for our community and included: A Raise The Roof Auction of Promises, a Clay Pigeon Shoot, a number of Concerts held in the Church, a talk by a famous local politician, an ‘Antiques Road Show’ held on a glorious summer’s afternoon and a Barn Dance held in Church. Donations from organisations within Bampton included: The Friends of Bampton Church Bampton Parish Council Bampton Community Shop Society for The Protection of Bampton The Junior Church We also received over £230,000 from external sources including: English Heritage The Church Commissioners Oxford Historic Churches Trust The National Churches Trust The Mercers Company Garfield Weston Trust The Pye Trust The Council for The Care of Churches We are most grateful to all our many Donors, without whose support the Roof could not have been repaired
Service of Induction draft 2 - for Janice Collier. the new vicar of Bampton with Clanfield in September 2018 What you need to know about Janice. She is a bit bossy, after all she used to be a physiotherapist, working at Alder Hey Childrens Hospital, and in Special Schools. Married to Andrew with 3 grown up children and 5 granddaughters. Ordained in 2001 at Liverpool Cathedral, served as a curate in Holy Trinity Formby, and then as Vicar of St Mary, Hale with Halebank in 2005 and the Deanery Youth Minister. In 2010 she became Team Rector in the South Widnes Team with three parishes, and now it is time to move on and be Vicar of Bampton with Clanfield. She loves ballet, watching , not performing. She enjoys eating Italian food. She is really quite normal
