Originally called the Bampton Charity Shop, it had a name change and a legal status changed to enable it to donate monies to other charities in Bampton. Apparently a charity cannot give money to another charity and Trevor Milne-Day gave his time to deal with the legal matter of the change. In this article Fenella Gray talks about the history of the shop from its inception in 2004.

A bird was found to have made its nest inside the letterbox at Bampton and Brize Norton Railway station by Mrs Emmie Papworth who along with Mr F G Cannons was a post lady in Bampton about 1960. It was thought to be a member of the tit family and was disturbed only once while the eggs were being hatched.

W Payne & Son, Great Western Railway Co Agents, Bampton and Lechlade. Cab & Omnibus Proprietors, horses, brakes, carriages etc for hire. Cartage contractors and furniture removers. Chief office The Hill, Witney Oxon. Railway depots Bampton, Chipping Norton and Lechlade. The remains of one of their ads in black lettering can be seen on the side of their house which was Castle View in Bridge Street.

This advert is in the 1911 Kelly's Trade Directory

Invoice from M Long & Sons funeral directors to Mr Alex Townsend for Mrs Elizabeth Townsend's burial

Wheelgate House B&B ad in The Beam Nov 2007

Adrian Simmonds ad in The Beam Nov 2007

Tony Hughes ad in The Beam Nov 2007, sissor sharpener

Andrew Bowman Master Thatcher ad in The Beam Nov 2007

An advert in the July 2012 issue of The Beam for the general builder S.J. Cooper.

Spring Hair & Beauty salon in the Market Square