Bampton (Oxfordshire)
Bampton, also called Bampton - in-the- Bush, is a village community in Oxfordshire, England, located in the Thames valley, about 7 km south-west of Witney. The municipality also includes the settlement Weald and is located on the border of the Cotswolds. Bampton is sometimes described as a city because the place was a market town until the 19th century. So Bampton has both a town hall and a community center.
History
The origins Bamptons go back to the Iron Age and the Roman period. The earliest settlement was probably little east of the present-day center Bamptons, as the marketplace serving triangular sectioned area. Bampton was also a significant place in the Saxon period and the Middle Ages.
Church of St Mary the Virgin
The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin ( St Mary ) dates from the 12th century. It was built instead of a late Anglo-Saxon cathedral, whose tower remained. The church tower was built in the 13th century. The church has a stone altar screen with a portrayal of Jesus Christ and the Apostles ( 1400 ). William the Conqueror gave the original church to the Bishop of Exeter, Leofric. Over the centuries the church has been repeatedly rebuilt and expanded, most recently in 1870 when it received its present form.
The former church was one of the largest in Oxfordshire and included the communities Weald, Lew, Aston, Cote, Shifford, Chimney and Lower Haddon. 1857 the parish in the three parishes was: Bampton Proper, Bampton Bampton Lew and Aston, divided, which are all part of the united parish of Bampton with Clanfield today. The Rectory has a module on which the year of manufacture is indicated by 1546; it was rebuilt in 1799 by Daniel Harris.
Traffic
From 1861 to 1961, the place of the 3.5 km north -altitude railway station of " Brize Norton and Bampton ," which was due to the single-track line Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway was connected to the railway network.
Currently running through the town, the bus numbers 18 ( Bampton Oxford), 19 ( Witney Carterton, Bampton ) of the RH bus company.
About the first time mentioned in 1784 Tadpole Road bridge over the River Thames, connecting with Bampton Buckland, also leads the Thames path.
Social life
A youth center was established in 1984 to provide recreational activities children and adolescents. It is located in the dating from the Victorian period former elementary school. The skate park Bampton was built for skateboarding and BMX bikers. Bamptons Garden Society holds annually since 1972 from two flower shows. To preserve and improve the quality of life in the village in 1993, a civic association has been formed; next to a local environmental group has been working since 1989. early as 1969, the Bamptoner pumpkin Club was founded. Every year in October there will be a predominance of betting bred by the participants pumpkins. The winner will win a prize, and the pumpkins will be auctioned along with flowers and fruits and vegetables for charitable purposes. And finally, is the football club of Bampton member of the Football Association of Oxfordshire.
Others
Probably the 12th or 14th century - the source location is not unique here - until its destruction before 1789 was in place, the castle Bampton Castle. Parts of it were in the building Ham Court, which is recognized as so-called grade II * listed building.
During the Second World War, U.S. troops were quartered several times in Bampton.
In particular, the church of St Mary the Virgin with the surrounding buildings and streets served as the backdrop for the exterior shots of the fictional village of Downtown in the British television series Downton Abbey. Likewise, the location and Bampton Castle was the venue for gambling in the Middle Ages fictional detective stories The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton by Mel Starr.