1853 Lascelles Gazetteer of Oxon, Bampton. Alphabetical list of trades and professions. Classification of trades and professions. Millers, dairymen and farmers, Farmers, fellmongers, fishmonger, glove manufacturers, grocers and tea dealers, Grocers and tea dealers, hair dressers, hatters, hotels, insurance agents, joiners, carpenters, linen and wool drapers and hosiers, maltsters, milliners and dressmakers, Plumbers, glaziers, saddlers & harness makers, schools, shop keepers, solicitors, stone and marble masons, straw bonnet makers, surgeons and tailors, Tallow chandler, veterinary surgeons, watch maker, wheelwrights, wine and spirit merchants.

Advertisements for the Charity Shop

Photo of members of the Townsend family and the cycle shop in the High Street,
First photo is Susan Townsend, second photo Mrs Clark who had the shop later when it was a greengrocers,
Next is Lucy in 1912 with Mother Susan, and man with bicycle is Algernon Colin Townsend grandfather of Phyllis, and father of Colin,
Coloured photo is Nigel and Sister Phyllis 7/4/2017

This is Frank Hudson's parents who lived in Plantation Cottages and used the ration card to get their provisions from Local Shops in Bampton.
The retailers mentioned on the card are
Butcher - H Taylor and Sons,
Butter and Margarine - GW Dutton
Sugar, Bacon Tea and Jam - Mitchells Grocer

Photographs from Kencot showing names of builders on carved into Chimney stones. Lock, Radband and Preston They were local builders from Bampton

Mr & Mrs Tongue (in purple) behind Thomson's grocers, once The Romany and now Fleur de Lys. Mrs Tongue was the daughter of Mr. Constable, the baker.

Thompson Grocer Shop, now (2024) The Fleur De Lys -Restaurant and boutique hotel.

High Street shops in the 1940s, 50s and 60s

Jim Hughes Garage, shop & coaches Percy Hughes had a butchers shop which was joined to the Lamb Inn. His shop faced into
Cheapside. The thatched Cottage in Bell Lane is just visible on the left. Len Hughes, Percy's little son
is with the tricycle on the left and when he became an adult Len bought the garage and shop in
Cheapside which his son Jim ran with him when he was old enough and Len's wife ran the shop
which sold knitting items. The shop later baecame a newsagents in a newsagents. The shop and house ilater became
house called Exeter House, next to Cromwell House. The garage has been pulled down and a
house built on the site, which is behind Cromwell House. The petrol pumps, which used to be in
front of Cromwell House, have also gone.