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the direction of Mr. Ewan Christian, architect, the
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS.
parish advancing £1,000 for the purpose ; the chancel Cemetery, John Tanner, sexton
ffascompleted at the expense of the Rev. Dacres Adams, Fire Engine, Cambria Williams, captain
a former vicar, and some friends, -with assistance from Police Station, Jesse Baker, sergeant in charge
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners: there are 503 Stamp Office, Robert Martin, distributor
sittings: in the churchyard, under the east window, is
another recumbent effigy. The register of baptisms
PUBLIC OFFICERS.
and marriages dates from October, 1538 ; burials from Assistant Overseer, Percy Craddock
1692, and from 1783 to 18x2 includes entries relating to Collector of Assessed & Income Taxes, Frederick Wm.
Shifford; there are also overseers’ books from 1718 and Taunt, Waterloo house
from 1822. The living of Bampton (proper) is a vicar­ Inspector of Weights & Measures, Robert H. Double­
age, net income £320, including glebe, with residence,
day, Oxford
inthe gift, of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, and held Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, Bampton District,
since 1906 by the Rev. George Edward Chippindall Rod- Witney union, Frank Herbert Wood M.B.C.S.Eng.,
well M.A. ofKeble College, Oxford. The Baptist chapel, L.R.C.P.Lond. Lime Tree house
founded in 1778, will seat 200; the Particular Baptist,
PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services.
built in 1861, affords 90 sittings; and the Wesleyan
chapel, built in 1892, seats 130. A cemetery of about St. Mary the Virgin, Rev. George Edward Chippindall
Rodwell
M.A. vicar; sun. holy communion, 8 a.m.
1 acre, at the north end of the town, was opened for
interments in 1891, at a cost of nearly £500, defrayed every sun. ; after morning prayer, 1st & 3rd sun. ;
morning
prayer, litany & sermon, 11 a.m.; catechis­
by the ratepayers. The Town Hall, erected about 1840,
at a cost of ,£300, and enlarged in 1906 by the late ing» 3 P m -; evensong, 6.30 p.m.; week days, matins
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Philip Southby esq. J.P. is a plain rectangular build­
ing of stone gabled on all four sides ; the lower stage Baptist, High street; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; wed. 7 p.m
ticular Baptist, Fisher’s bridge, 10.30 a.m. & 6.30
forms the fire engine house and a subscription reading Par
room and lending library, the upper portion being used p.m.; wed. 7 p.m
for public meetings. A large fair for horses is held Wesleyan, Bridge street; 2.30 & 6 p.m. ; thurs. 7 p.m
on the 26th and 27th of August. The charities for dis­
Schools.
tribution in bread and clothing, fuel and money, amount
to about £140 yearly, which sum is distributed accord­ The Grammar School was founded in 1635 by Robert
esq. of Chimney; the school is endowed with
ing to the discretion of the trustees under the provisions Veysey
about 8 acres of land & a sum of ^400 Stock, given
ofthe new scheme of the Charity Commissioners ; there i
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which produce about £20 yearly & £12
is also a blanket charity of about £g yearly. John
4d. from the Charity Commissioners; there is an
Philips, a poet of the 17th century, well known as the us.
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author of “The Splendid Shilling,” written in imitation having been closfeodr ft
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ofMilton, and of “ Cyder,” a poem in thestyleofVirgil’s re-opened in 1906. oUnder
a new scheme of the
“Georgies,” was born here 30th December, 1676. Ham
Board of Education, the endowments after providing
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Aston & Lew, &
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family, murdered in France, 27 June, 1323, but buried two from Aston & Cote, one from Lew
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in Westminster Abbey. The landowners are Jesus Col­ pointed by the Oxfordshire County Coun&cilone
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lege, Oxon, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the Duke following are the present trustees: the Vicar
of
ofMarlborough E.G. John Charles Fox esq. Mrs. Hissey Bampton (ex-officio), Messrs G. W. Dutton, William
and some smaller owners. The soil is gravelly; subsoil, Richens, Frederick J. Gerring & F. D. Hunt esq. M.A.,
gravel. The area of Bampton with Weald is 4,509 acres J
.P. (Bampton); Rev. Nicholas Germon M.A. & Mr.
of land, principally arable, and 21 of water; rateable John
Luckett (Aston & Cote); Rev. J. Jackson B.A.
value, .£6,612; the population in 1911 was 1,240.
(Lew); Mr. E. R. Ireland Blackburne (Oxon); the
Parish Clerk, William Thomas Mills.
Vicar of Bampton & Mr. G. W. Dutton (treasurer)
Sexton, John Tanner.
have been appointed a sub-committee for the man­
agement of the building
WEALD, a hamlet, really forms a part of the town.
Wall Letter Box cleared 10.22 a.m. & 7.30 p.m
Elementary (mixed & infants), erected in 1871, on a site
gi
ven by the Right Hon. Charles John Ghetwynd. 18th
Aston, Brighthampton, Chimney, Cote and Shifford
were formerly hamlets of the ancient parish of Bamp­ Earl of Shrewsbury, for 250 children. & endowed with
about £35 yearly from charities left bv S. Frederick,
ton, but are now separated from Bampton (proper), and
Mary Dewe, Loder & others; George William Gordon,
will be found under Bampton Aston ecclesiasticalparish.
master; Mrs. Edward Green, infants’mistress
Lew is given under that heading.
hool Management Board, The Vicar, chairman; F.
Post, M. 0 ., T., Telephone Call & Telephonic Express ScD.
Hunt J.P. The Manor house, correspondent
Delivery Office (within a limited distance) (letters
should have Oxon added).— Robert Martin, sub-post­ Railway Station, Cecil Haywood Dicks, station master
master. Letters arrive at 4.15 a.m. & 2.15 p.m. ; Payne Frederick Walter, omnibus meets all trains
dispatched at 10.20 a.m. & 8.35 p.m. (box closes at
Carriers to:—
8.20 p.m.); dispatched on Sundays at 8.35 p.m.
Money orders granted from 8 a.m. till 8 p.m
Faringdon— Wilkins, tuesdays
"all Letter Boxes.— High street, cleared at 9.15 a.m. & Oxford— Wilkins, to New inn, wed. & sat
7-35 P-m.; Weald, cleared at 10.22 a.m. & 7.30 p.m Witney— Wilkins, thurs
p r iv a t e r e s id e n t s .
Jones William J. Bridge h o u s e
Bampton & District Horticultural &
BirchMrs. Wickham, Valetta
Lindup Walter G. The Grange
Cottage Garden Society (G. W.
nlaekbnrne Ernest Robert Ireland, Lushington Maj.Arth.Jas.Bampton ho Gordon, sec)
Weald manor
Martin Mrs. Fernlea
Bampton Football Club (William
Canning-Jones Misses, South side
Mouncey-Atkinson George James
Norman, sec)
Dallas Mrs. Hartland villa
Noel Henry Hamlyn, Greyshott house Bampton Gas & Water Co. Limited
miwe Joseph, Ham court
Oates Misses, Fleur de Lvs villas
Baughan William, timber merchant
Dodd Charles Beadon, The Windmill Pembrey Miss, Broad street
Beak Rupert Stanley, grocer, High sb
oaglos Charles Iryin, The Deanery Prall Mrs. Broad street
Bowles Walter, beer retailer
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Rodwell Rev. George Edward Chip­ Bryant Alfred Joseph, day school
Early Miss, Felix cottage
pindall 'M.A. Vicarage
Bunce Daniel, Swan inn
wellRobert John, Grange cottage Rose John Townsend, Northcot
Burden Thomas, insur. agt. Broad st
r!anng G6°rge, Broad street
Salt Lewis Herbert, Fleur de Lys vils Busby Edgar, cowkpr. Church view
Godson Miss, High street
Staples-Browne Mrs. The Elms
Busby Isaac Edward, draper. High
#f?I>sh'ra Miss, Manor cottage
Taunt Fredk. W. Waterloo house
street & furniture dir. Market place
Rif ,e~ Miss, Prospect house
Wood Frank Herbert, Lime Tree ho Carter Caleb, farmer. Weald
Bn . Sran°i» Joseph M.A
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COMMERCIAL.
Man™10!8 Durrant M.A., J.P.The
Carter Theophilus, farmer, Calais fm
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Early closing day, Wednesday.
Cemetery (John Tanner, sexton)
Baker Charles, farm bailiff to E. R. Chandler & Son, saddlers
JHX M - St-Stephen's
Charities Trustees (Messrs. Ravenors,
Lew'f n V* J° .se^
(vicar of Ireland Blackburne esq. Weald
Bampton Cricket Club (Wm. Norman, clerks)
hon. sec)
Clack Albert, oilman, Sandford Sans