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Debate about a water supply for Bampton 1934
At a meeting in 1934 there was considerable discord and some not very pleasant behaviour between councillors all to do with getting fresh water to Bampton.
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Douglas Hurd MP looks at vandalised ministry of defence houses Friday Sept 7th 1984
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.
Bampton Community Archive
'No win no fee' policy of a developer behind plans for more than 700 homes
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.
Bampton Community Archive
WODC agree the government's new proposals on planning would not be right for West Oxfordshire
Councillors across the political spectrum at West Oxfordshire District Council have agreed that changes to the planning system are not suitable for West Oxfordshire.
Bampton Community Archive
Fear that hiking DIY waste fees will see fly-tipping rise
A fear was expressed that fly-tipping would increase when the fees were raised to take waste to Dix pit and other waste recycling plants in Oxfordshire. That was in September 2017; now, in April 2020 the fears have proved to be well founded.
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News update from Robert Courts MP for Witney & West Oxfordshire at March 2020
Robert Courts was elected to take over as MP for Witney and West Oxfordshire when David Cameron retired from being MP for the constituency. Robert emails a news roundup more less weekly and this one has much in regarding Coronavirus, also referre...
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2014. Sisters unite in requesting a public inquiry
Witney Gazette December 3rd 2014. Sisters unite in requesting a public inquiry after each of their brothers died from starvation after their benefits were drastically cut.Cathie Wood and Gill Thompson, sisters to Mark Wood of Bampton and David Cl...
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Witney Gazette May 28th 2014.The Campaign to Protect Rural England says the assessed need to build 100,000 new homes in the next 15 years was "cobbled together" and is exaggerated.
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Labour control bid fails in UDC election
The Labour Party failed almost completely in the election at Witney on Wednesday week for representation on Witney Urban District Council. They won just one of 5 seats up for election.
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Douglas Hurd claims there is a swing to the Tories
Witney Gazette May 18th 1972.Douglas Hurd at that time was the prospective Conservative candidate for for Mid-Oxfordshire. Douglas was speaking in the Bampton and Burford Conservative group meeting at Alvescot, where he happened to be living.
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Fears charges for using Dix Pit in Stanton Harcourt will increase fly tipping
Many of the recycling centres in Oxfordshire have been threatened with closure and to try and avoid this, it was agreed a small charge of £1.50 would be made getting rid of non-household waste. A fear was expressed by many at the time - September...
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Parish council to monitor condition of toilets in Town Hall. West Oxon Standard Aug 29th 1986
There was clearly a problem either with how people were using the public toilets in the Town Hall or how they were being cleaned. After many complaints, parish councilor Jacqueline Allinson said she would personally monitor them at regular interv...
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OCC document how tax payers' money is to be spent 2018/19
Each year, Oxfordshire County Council produce a document to show how and where they are to use council tax money and the money they get from central government, which has been cut annually for at least 10 years (as at 2018). Areas covered include...
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Fears of more fly-tipping with DIY waste charges being raised. 2017
On October 1st 2017 Oxfordshire County Council were to begin a new contact with W&S Recycling which would mean people being charged to recycle items that were free. It remains to be seen if this will increase the amount of fly-tipping in the ...
Bampton Community Archive
This article appeared in the Memory Lane section of the Witney Gazette March 4th 2015. It recalls a time when local residents lost patience waiting for Oxfordshire County Council to organise cleaning of the road-sides. So the council and other l...
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Map of Bampton at the time of the Inclosure Act 1821
One of these maps shows the names of the fields and the waterways, important for growing and stocking fish are very clear, the second one is a photograph from a page in the Inclosure document held at St Lukes in Oxford and this shows the propertie...
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The Primrose League Diploma of Association for James Green. March 30th
This is the Primrose League Diploma of Association for the membership of James Green, March 30th 1886.The Primrose League was established in 1883 by Lord Randolph Churchill and John Gorst in the wake of the Conservative Party's loss to Gladst...
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Plan housing for young, old and the environment by Mark Booty,January 17th 2018
This is a very interesting article written by Mark Booty. He said housing should be planned for the young, old and the environment. Mark used to be vice chair of WODC but finally from council work.
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Robert Courts, MP for Witney resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary at The Foreign Office
In this article, Robert Courts explains why he resigned his post
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Legal documents; a plea for change of the proposed area of Inclosure for Aston, Bampton 1834
These letters were recovered from a box full of solicitor’s papers. They show the correspondence in 1834 between Rev. B Price of Aston, Bampton, and Mr George Harcourt, who was the Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire from 1831 to 1862. Mr Pryce...
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County Council Services & how your money is spent 2018-2019
This leaflet explaining how council tax money is spent was sent to every household by Oxfordshire County Council in spring 2018
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Parish Council Minutes February 1902 re proposed well in Market Sq
Long before we had a clean, mains water supply in Bampton, everyone relied on water from wells. These Parish Council minutes, copied from the original minutes by Lloyd Hughes Owens, document the push for a well in the Market Square. It was event...
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New National Health System July 5th 1948
The National Health System was brought into being on July 5th 1948. This publication was sent to every household explain what the National Health System is and how it would work. The first part tells people to:-choose your doctor nowmaternity se...
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On May 22nd 2014 there elections for our MEPs. Keith Taylor an existing MEP for the Green Party stood for re-election and was joined by Alexandra Phillips for the South East . MEP Laurence Stassen stood again for the South East and was keen for...
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Martin Barrett stood for the Bampton, Clanfield and Black Bourton ward, Paul Wesson stood as an Independent for Witney and Stuart Macdonald offered his services as the Green Party candidate for Witney. Flyers for all three candidates are in the ...
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This flyer for Martin Barrett, Conservative, was the only one to come through my door although there were candidates from other parties who, unsuccessfully, stood for election to represent Bampton and Clanfield ward at the election on May 22nd 2014
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Local Elections 2015 for Oxford, W Oxon + Bampton & Clanfield
On May 7th 2015 there were elections for a Witney West and Bampton candidate to sit on Oxfordshire County Council. James Mills, Conservative, stood and got elected. Ted Fenton stood and was successful as the Conservative candidate for Bampton an...
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Robert Courts MP Annual Report 2016-2017
This is the annual report 2016-2017 put out by Robert Courts MP for Witney and West Oxfordshire
Bampton Community Archive
Letters regarding the proposed Inclosure of Common Fields in Aston and Coate
These letters were recovered from a box full of solicitor’s papers. They show the correspondence in 1834 between Rev. B Price, of Aston, Bampton, and Mr George Harcourt, who was the Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire from 1831 to 1862.Mr Pryce,...
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Old Folk's Memories collected by Lloyd Hughes Owens in the 1970s
Lloyd Hughes Owens, headmaster of the National School in Church View up to its closure when the new school opened in 1960 was keen to capture the knowledge and thoughts of the 'Old Folks' of Bampton and this pdf is the result. It covers...
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There was a general election May 6th 2010 and the flyers in the pdf were sent to homes in Bampton and I imagine others also. They were from David Cameron, Conservative; Stuart Macdonald, Green Party; Colin Bex the Wessex regional candidate so I d...
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On May 7th 2015 there were elections for MPs at a general election. There are a couple of newspaper articles here but the other 42 items are all flyers by David Cameron, Conservative; Andy Graham, Liberal Democrat; Christopher Tompson, UKParents ...
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Old Time Bampton People by Lloyd Hughes Owens
This album of 'Old Time Bampton People' was put together by Lloyd Hughes Owens in the 1970s. It's a wonderful collection of photographs and text covering topics and people - Bampton Fire Brigade; Morris dancers; William Nathan ...
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A collection of Old Time Bampton Places and a few People
In the 1970s Lloyd Hughes Owens collect together all the photographs he could find of old-time Bampton and a few of people. He put them together in an album along with explanatory text and you'll find the pictures and text here.
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Death of Brenda Sapsford May 24th 2017
Brenda Sapsford came to live in Bampton when she retired from being secretary to David Johnson, the NFU secretary in Witney. She was an active member of the WI in Bampton until its sad demise and she was also a very efficient Parish Clerk in Bamp...
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Election of Police and Crime Commissioner May 5th 2016
On May 5th 2016 there was an election to choose the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Thames Valley. Although more than one candidate stood, literature for Anthony Stansfeld was the only information households received so it was impossible to...
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Memories of the members of the Darby and Joan Club compiled in 1962
The Darby and Joan Club was for those who were 60 and over. In 1962 they made a scrapbook of members' memories. Topics covered include:- Morris dancing; Whitsuntide Garlands; the Mummers; Bampton Fair; Bampton Fire Brigade; Church, Chapel a...
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Tree planting on March 24th 1973 to mark Tree Planting Year
Volunteers planted 80 trees allocated to Bampton through the County Council for “Tree Planting year” in the grass by the layby near Cowleaze Corner. The grassy area had been created when the steep bend in the road was removed c1971. Mr Doug Read...
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The facts you need to know about Europe and the EU referendum
Leading up to the in-out vote on June 23rd 2016 to remain or exit the EU, many leaflets, flyers and even a government booklet were delivered to every household. This flyer has comments from Mark Carney the governor of the Bank of England, Sir Ric...
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Booklet produced by the Conservatives to persuade people to vote Remain
In the spring of 2016 the Conservative government spent £9,000,000 printing and posting this brochure to every household. In it, they did their best to persuade people that it would be best to remain within the UK. The vote took place on June 23...
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Ros Altmann talks about possible effects if we vote for Brexit
Several people and organisations posted their thoughts about the possible effects of voting for and against Brexit in June 2016. The flyer came from Ros Altmann who according to her leaflet thought voting to leave the EU would be very bad for all.
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General election, June 8th 2017
A surprise General Election was called by Prime Minister Teresa May for June 8th 2017. She hoped to get an increased majority but after a truly dreadful campaign, she ended up dropping from a starting point of 27 points ahead of Labour to a hung ...
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Liz Leffman Liberal Democrat, flyer for June 8th 2017 General Election
A general election was called after just one year of The Conservatives being in power with a small overall majority. PM Teresa May thought she would increase her majority but her whole way of electioneering proved disastrous for the Conservatives...
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Laetisia Carter, Labour candidate flyer for General Election June 8th 2017
A general election was called after just one year of The Conservatives being in power with a small overall majority. PM Teresa May thought she would increase her majority but her whole way of electioneering proved disastrous for the Conservatives...
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Robert Courts Conservative candidate flyer for General Election June 8th 2017
A general election was called after just one year of The Conservatives being in power with a small overall majority. PM Teresa May thought she would increase her majority but her whole way of electioneering proved disastrous for the Conservatives...
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Clare Lasko, Green Party flyer for June 8th 2017 General Election
A general election was called after just one year of The Conservatives being in power with a small overall majority. PM Teresa May thought she would increase her majority but her whole way of electioneering proved disastrous for the Conservatives...
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Liz Leffman flyer for June 8th 2017 General Election
A general election was called after just one year of The Conservatives being in power with a small overall majority. PM Teresa May thought she would increase her majority but her whole way of electioneering proved disastrous for the Conservatives...
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Liz Leffman Lib Dem candidate flyer for June 8th 2017 General Election
A general election was called after just one year of The Conservatives being in power with a small overall majority. PM Teresa May thought she would increase her majority but her whole way of electioneering proved disastrous for the Conservatives...
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Pothole gloom of a County Council Chief
David Nimmo Smith said the County Council was aiming to maintain the roads as best as possible but admitted without £160m extra there was no chance of real improvement.
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Points for and against a super Unitary Council for Oxfordshire
For many months there has been talk of a Super Unitary Council for Oxfordshire. These articles explain which councils are for the idea and those against. Oxfordshire County Council, Vale of The White Horse and South Oxfordshire are for it, West ...
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Proposal for 160 more houses in Bampton and application passed
160 houses have been in the process of being built along New Road 2016-2017. They were not selling quickly when an application was put in by Gallagher Estates Ltd to build another 160 in the field at the bottom of Mount Owen and Aston Road. Coun...
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Oxfordshire County Council Election May 4th 2017. Flyers for Ted Fenton, Conservative
There were several candidates from other parties but only Ted Fenton of the Conservative party got flyers out to households in his area. Without access to the internet there was no way people could read about the other candidates. He represented...
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A letter to election candidates October 5th 2016 from Need Not Greed
"Need Not Greed Oxfordshire (NNGO) is a coalition of nearly 30 community groups from across Oxfordshire. Groups in the Witney constituency area include Rural Oxfordshire Action Rally (ROAR), Help Preserve Burford Campaign, Society for the Pro...
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Lloyd Hughes Owen's hand-written notes on senior people & typed out for ease of reading
About 1974 Lloyd Hughes Owens made these notes on people he referred to as Senior People. Simply, they are people who had influence and sway on life in Bampton and Weald. In the pdf document you'll see his handwritten notes followed by our ...
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Terry Crowley's memories of people who took an active part in the life of Bampton 1983-1985
In 1983 Terry Crowley began taking photographs of people in Bampton who worked here, or were born here, or worked for charities here or any combination. It was before the days of digital photography so it was unusual for someone to think to recor...
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West Oxon residents can have say on proposed council tax rise
Toby Morris, councillor for Resources wants locals to fill in the on-line consultation. Government funding is to be cut by £0.75m and there will be a rise in the cost of waste and recycling by £0.8m.
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Saga of more and more houses to be built in W Oxfordshire 2015
Over 15,000 homes have been proposed for building in West Oxfordshire and it is causing distress, anger and disbelief in no small measure.
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This is a flyer sent by the "In Campaign" trying to persuade people that we shall be better off in the EU than leaving. The people who put their name to this are Mark Carney the governor of the Bank of England, Sir Richard Branson, Fra...
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Notes on the Oxfordshire Hundred Rolls from 1279 collected by Lloyd Hughes Owens
These are hand-written notes by Lloyd Hughes Owens on his research in the Oxfordshire Hundred Rolls from 1279. His writing is not the easiest to read but any scholar interest will be able to make sense of it all. My huge thanks to Miriam James f...
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February 2017. War of words over proposed unitary authority for whole of Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire residents have by far the lowest council tax in Oxfordshire; they also have free parking. James Mills, chairman of WODC fears the free parking would go if there was one unitary authority and council taxes would rise. This would ...
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Parish Council of Bampton & Trustees of Bampton Playing Fields. Deeds 1952
This is the legal document regarding the playing fields and the front page has on it:-Dated 1952The Parish Council of Bampton and The Trustees of The Bampton Playing FieldsDeedrelating to property situate at Bampton in the County of Oxford known a...
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Council Leader James Mills favourite to succeed David Cameron as Witney MP September 2016
Bookies have pegged James Mills, the leader of West Oxfordshire District Council as the favourite to become the next Witney MP. (They were correct)
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Building new homes and countryside protection was a theme that David Cameron MP talked about in September 2016, not long after he resigned as an MP. This article expands this theme much more.
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Letter encourage 'Vote Leave' the EU June 23rd 2016
In the run up to the referendum June 23rd 2016 when the public would decide if we should remain in the EU or leave, this letter encouraging people to vote leave was posted to each house
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Report on the Survey & Plan of Bampton by M W Robinson, County Planning Officer October 1966.
This report on the Survey & Plan of Bampton was done under the guidance of M W Robinson FRICS MTPI in October 1966. It makes very interesting reading and the conclusions are as relevant today as they were then. The topics covered are 1. Popu...
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The Conservative Government spent £9m sending every household this 16 page brochure saying best to remain in EU prior to the referendum to be held on June 23rd 2016, which asked the simple question, do you want to remain in the EU or leave.
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Anthony Stansfeld Conservative Police & Crime Commissioner. Candidate for Thames Valley May 5th 2016
Anthony Stansfeld Conservative stood for the Police & Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley in May 2016. I believe there were other candidates but they did not send out any information for the public to make and informed choice. Not surprisi...
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Annual Parish Meeting open to all in newly restored Town Hall 1973
Mr Lloyd Hughes Owens welcomed about 85 people to the Parish Council AGM in the newly restored Town Hall in 1973. There is naturally a long list of items covered and it makes interesting reading 34 years on (2017)
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Mr Tony Humphris withdraws from election. Mar 29th 1973
Tony Humphris, Labour, Bampton division (not sure if the paper spelt his name correctly) withdrew from the first election of the new Oxfordshire County Council on April 12th 1973. It left the contest to be between Dorothy Graeme Thomson and Kenne...
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Special & Petty Session for the year 1849
This page lists all the Special and Petty Sessions for the year 1849. It is for transferring victuallers' licences; auditing constables' accounts; issuing precepts to overseers; to return a list of people qualified to be counselors; hea...
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Old Time Bampton. An album of pictures & explanations by Lloyd Hughes Owens c1974
This album was created by Lloyd Hughes Owens about 1974. It records events and buildings in Bampton from around 1890 to 1972 and will give you a wonderful idea of Bampton in the first half of the twentieth century
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Old Time Bampton People by Lloyd Hughes Owens
About 1973 Lloyd Hughes Owens made an album about some of the old people in Bampton with photographs and text. This is the album
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Notes from Bampton Vestry meetings 1859-1916
These extract from the Vestry meetings are both interesting and in places I think very funny; it makes you realise there's nothing new under the sun where politics is concerned. With the establish of Parish Councils the Vestries lost much of...
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Domesday and Bampton - notes by Lloyd Hughes Owens
Lloyd Hughes Owens sourced these facts and the cover Bampton, Bampton Deanery, Eynsham, Welde (Weald today), Shifford, Brighthampton andLew,
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Call to public meeting re two proposed housing developments - one off New Road, one off Aston Road
Richborough Estates was to hold a public consultation meeting regarding their proposal to build about 160 houses off New Road at the north side just before Mount Owen Road. A separate application has already been lodged for 127 homes on land off ...
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The Conservative's thoughts about the In / Out EU referendum June 23rd 2016
Leading up to the vote on June 23rd 2016 on whether we should stay in or leave the EU, the Conservatives, who were in power at the time spent £9 million posting the 16 page colour brochure to every house in the country. This entry shows the broch...
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Letters of protest and pleading re inclosure of land around Aston 1834
These letters were recovered from a box full of solicitor’s papers after the publication of this booklet. They show the correspondence in 1834 between Rev. B Price, of Aston, Bampton, and Mr George Harcourt, who was the Member of Parliament for O...
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After the country voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, known as BREXIT, the Prime Minister David Cameron resigned both as Prime Minister and then as the local MP for Witney and West Oxfordshire. This brought about a local by-election w...
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After the country voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, known as BREXIT, the Prime Minister David Cameron resigned both as Prime Minister and then as the local MP for Witney and West Oxfordshire. This brought about a local by-election w...
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Robert Courts, Conservative candidate for Witney & West Oxfordshire by-election October 20th 2016
In 2016 the UK voted to leave the European Union, called Brexit, and soon afterwards, Prime Minister David Cameron resigned as PM. Not long afterwards, he also resigned as the MP for Witney and West Oxfordshire which triggered a by-election. Thi...
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Duncan Enright leaflets, Labour candidate for 2016 by-election October 20th 2016
After the country voted to leave the European Union, called Brexit, Prime Minister David Cameron resigned as PM and soon after resigned as MP for our area and this brought about a by-election. Duncan Enright was the Labour candidate for the Witne...
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Leaflets from Liz Leffman Liberal Democrat, candidate for Witney & West Oxfordshire 2016 by-election
After the country voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, known as BREXIT, the Prime Minister David Cameron resigned both as Prime Minister and then as the local MP for Witney and West Oxfordshire. This brought about a local by-election w...
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There was a by-election May 7th 2015 for Oxfordshire County Council and James Mills stood for the Conservatives to represent West Witney and Bampton.
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Leaflets from Liz Leffman Liberal Democrat candidate for Witney & West Oxfordshire by-election 2016
After the country voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, known as BREXIT, the Prime Minister David Cameron resigned both as Prime Minister and then as the local MP for Witney and West Oxfordshire. This brought about a local by-election wh...
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Flyers for Dr Helen Salisbury NHAP, Dickie Bird UKIP, Larry Sanders Green Party for 2016 by-election
After the country voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, known as BREXIT, the Prime Minister David Cameron resigned both as Prime Minister and then as the local MP for Witney and West Oxfordshire. This brought about a local by-election w...
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