Architecture, Housing and Buildings

To record, preserve and share the social history of this unique village in Oxfordshire.

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The publicly accessible archive database contains thousands of records relating to life in the village past and present.

These include photographs, documents, newspaper cuttings, sound and video files and much more. Each one of them is an important part of the telling of the story of the village: from photographs of the restoration of the church bells; to a stone age hand axe; to the history of the WWII airfields around the village; to the documenting of the filming of Downton Abbey in Bampton.

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Black and white Duttons shop front with a lady about to get on a bike with a young child stood next to her.

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Work on Church Spire 1970

Photograph showing work being done on top of Church Spire c1970. The 13th-century stone spire of St Mary’s Church in Bampton, Oxfordshire, was added around 1270, crowning an earlier Norman, and partially Anglo-Saxon, structure. It is a prominent, well-documented landmark known for its unique corner figures (gargoyles) representing saints. The church is famously known as […]

Blurry photo of Bampton Church from a side street view

First ever meeting held in the newly restored upper room of the Grammar School

First ever meeting held in the newly restored upper room of the Grammar School June 9th 2022. The upper room was named The Lewington Room after Jo Lewington, whose idea and dedication brought about this amazing restoration.