Shops and businesses in and around the Market Square

Image of crowd outside the Londis Shop
watching the Shirt Race

Sale brochure for Garage premises, dwelling house, lock-ups and equipment plus proprietor's busin

Richard Briers used to live in Carswell on the edge of Bampton and came to Adrian Simmonds' shop in the Market Square to buy his pet food. He is in the shop in this photograph.

Richard Briars, buying his pet food from Adrian Simmonds' shop

Rethatching part of Sandford Cottage

Re-thatching a roof in Church Street in 1963 and 1965. Mark Constable master thatcher.

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. Population 2. Situation 3. Character 4. The people 5. Shopping 6. Principal road connections 7. Schools 8. Open spaces 9. Social facilities, Public Services etc 10. Surface water drainage 11. Sewage disposal 12. Water supply and much more. It makes a very interesting read particularly in the light of all the dwellings that have been built here since October 1966, all those being built now (Jan 2017) and those being proposed when considering the access into Bampton has not been improved yet in 1966 one of the conclusions states was that Bampton could not take further development, a by-pass was not possible and no further space for parking other than possibly in Church Street could be made. Houses have since been built on the land in Church Street

Poster for 1908 Eeles

Post Offices in Bampton