A Snapshot of Bampton Nik Stanbridge
A Bampton Archive Publication
£15
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A Snapshot of Bampton For future archaeologists, explorers and historians Photographs by
Nik Stanbridge
A Bampton Archive Publication
A Bampton Archive Publication
Please visit www.bamptonarchive.org to view the extensive catalogue of archive video and audio recordings, publications and exhibition catalogues The website also features a large searchable archive of artefacts relating to Bampton going back thousands of years First published August 2016 Š Bampton Archive
Photographs and text Š Nik Stanbridge For print enquiries, email nikstanbridge@gmail.com
BCA-40/A August 2016
A Snapshot of Bampton
A Snapshot of Bampton Bampton is a village undergoing constant change. The Bampton that we know today is not the Bampton that existed even as recently as a year ago. This is a record of Bampton in the mid teens of the 21st-century - or more accurately, a record of Bampton already in the past - the village has changed since these photos were taken. The photographs don’t show anything remarkable - in fact they show simple and ordinary scenes. These aspects of Bampton are rarely recorded but they will hopefully be of interest to future generations (and those historians, archaeologists and explorers). These images may be difficult to understand and maybe even difficult to like. This is perhaps because they seem so ordinary. All they are doing is showing us what Bampton looks like today - but put yourself in the mind of someone in 20 years’ time and reflect on what these photographs show. We can’t predict how Bampton will change over the next 20 years but we can look back over the past 20 and reflect. This is an indicator of what’s going to happen to our village in the future, and why a consolidated record of how Bampton is today is going to be so useful. There are no photos here of the old Community Shop. Or the HSBC bank. These used to be part of the fabric of Bampton. There will be other aspects that we’re familiar with today that will go too. But, other, new things will replace them. Change is constant. I hope you enjoy these photos for what they are and what they are part of. Nik Stanbridge August 2016 7
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Mount Owen Road and Aston Road, March 2016
Buckland Road, August 2016
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Recreation Ground, August 2016
South of Cheyne Lane, August 2016
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Bridge Street, July 2016
High Street, July 2016
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Millennium Wood, May 2015
Recreation Ground, July 2016
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New Road, August 2016
Beam Paddock, August 2016
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Bushey Row, March 2016
Broad Street, July 2016
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Bridge Street and Rosemary Lane, March 2016
St Mary’s Court, June 2016
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Buckland Road, July 2016
Recreation Ground, July 2016
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New Road, March 2016
New Road, March 2016
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Burial Ground, Landells, July 2016
Bridge Street, July 2016
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Lavender Place, August 2016
Bushey Row, August 2016
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Recreation Ground, July 2016
Buckland Road, July 2016
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Weald Street, July 2016
Broad Street, July 2016
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New Road, March 2016
Broad Street, July 2016
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Queen Street, July 2016
Recreation Ground (Tennis Courts), July 2016
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Weald Street, June 2016
Landells, July 2016
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Recreation Ground, July 2016
Millennium Wood, July 2016
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Broad Street, Landells and New Road, July 2016
Bridge Street, July 2016
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Landells, July 2016
St Mary the Virgin, July 2016
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Weald Street and Clanfield Road, July 2016
Primrose Lane, July 2016
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Recreation Ground, July 2016
Colvile Close, July 2016
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Glebelands, June 2016
Nursery, Buckland Road, July 2016
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Weald Street, July 2016
High Street, March 2016
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Nursery, Buckland Road, July 2016
Clanfield Road, July 2016
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Calais Dene, August 2016
Between Calais Dene and Ampney Orchard, August 2016
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New Road, March 2016
Market Square, March 2016
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Between Buckland Road and Cheyne Lane, July 2016
Nursery, Buckland Road, July 2016
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Market Square, July 2016
Bridge Street, July 2016
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Church View, July 2016
Church Close, July 2016
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Recreation Ground, July 2016
Sandford Field, July 2016
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Bridge Street, June 2015
Market Square, July 2016
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Ampney Orchard, August 2016
Ampney Orchard, August 2016
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Recreation Ground, July 2016
Recreation Ground, July 2016
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The Pieces, August 2016
Between Queen Street and The Lanes, August 2016
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Cheyne Lane, June 2016
Primrose Lane, June 2016
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Millennium Wood, August 2016
Lavender Place, June 2011
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Millennium Wood, December 2012
Millennium Wood, December 2012
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Millennium Wood, September 2012
Recreation Ground, February 2014
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Field south of Bampton, August 2013
Field south of Bampton, September 2012
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Millennium Wood, February 2014
Millennium Wood, February 2014
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Millennium Wood, November 2013
Thames Path, Buckland, April 2011
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Field south of Bampton, July 2014
Field south of Bampton, March 2014
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Thames Path, Buckland, April 2011
Millennium Wood, December 2013
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Thames Path, Buckland, April 2011
Thames Path, Buckland, April 2011
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Field south of Bampton, February 2014
Millennium Wood, February 2014
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A Bampton Archive Publication
Nik Stanbridge
A Snapshot of Bampton
£15
PLU 61