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A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton BAMPTON BAMPTON, 1the centre of an Anglo-Saxon royal estate and … parish, part of a much larger parochia dependent on Bampton minster, 3 was the largest in Oxfordshire, comprising …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bampton - Bardsea Bampton (St. Michael) BAMPTON ( St. Michael), a market-town and parish, in the union of Tiverton, hundred of Bampton, Collumpton and N. divisions of Devon, 21 miles (N. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Buildings BUILDINGS. 46 A cruck-framed … suggests that timber construction was common in medieval Bampton. Bell Cottage on Bell Lane, 48 formerly fronting the … for 17th- and 18th-century rebuilding came presumably from Bampton castle, demolished about that time: 54 several …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE … 1604, 80 gave an annual rent charge of £6 for the poor of Bampton, Weald, and Lew. In the early 19th century it was … gave in his lifetime a rent charge of £2 for the poor of Bampton, Weald, Lew, and Aston and Cote; 82 in the late 18th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Churches CHURCHES. Bampton was the site of a late Anglo-Saxon minster whose … were claimed as chapels in 1318, and most still buried at Bampton 'by ancient custom' in 1405 and in some cases until …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. AGRICULTURE. In the mid 10th century Bampton formed part of a large unitary estate which cut … 38 but by the 14th century and probably much earlier Bampton and Weald each had their own open fields. Demesne on …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Education EDUCATION Robert Veysey of … by will proved 1635, left £200 to endow a free school at Bampton, and another £100 to erect a stone building 'with … Mary Croft (d. 1719) to teach 12 poor boys and girls of Bampton to read the bible, which legacy Mary's executors had …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Introduction BAMPTON AND WEALD THE townships of Bampton and Weald, together c. 4,034 a., 30 adjoined the … that between demesne closes owned by Exeter cathedral (in Bampton), and closes attached to Bampton Earls manor (wholly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. MANOR … William de Valence, as lord of the manor and hundred of Bampton, claimed return of writs, assize of bread and ale, … 14 but also at other times. 15 Following the division of Bampton Earls manor in 1660 courts baron and leet were held …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Manors and castle MANORS AND CASTLE Until the late Anglo-Saxon period the royal manor of BAMPTON included all the ancient parish and much land outside … when Ilbert's son Robert was expelled from the country. 42 Bampton manor was held in 1156, apparently at pleasure, by …