The Bampton Archive has been holding exhibitions for nearly 20 years and many of them have books that you can read online and buy. 

All proceeds from sales go back to the Bampton Community Archive and your support is much needed and very much appreciated.

Year Month Title Author(s)
2002 June / July The Great Bampton Shirt Race Jo Lewington
2002 October / November Bampton and Agriculture Jo Lewington
2003 February/ March Bampton Shops, Trades and Pubs Jo Lewington
2003 May / June Bampton and the Morris Dancing Tradition Jo Lewington
2003 September / October A Boyhood in Bampton Jo Lewington
2004 January / February Bampton and World War I Sarah Wearne
2004 May / June Morris and Mummers Roy Barrett
2004 September / October Bampton Gardens Annie Mellors
2005 January / February The Secrets of Bampton Signals Camp Corporal David Duncan
2005 May / June Bampton Families Janet Newman
2005 September / October Bampton at War 1939 – 1945 Sarah Wearne
2006 January / February A Year in St Mary’s Churchyard Sally Proctor
2006 May / July Bampton’s Fire Brigade Tom Papworth
2006 September / October The Church in the Community Suzy Robinson
2007 January / February Bampton Town Football Club Albert Radband
2007 May / June Anglo Saxon Bampton Prof. John Blair
2007 September / October The Bells of St. Mary’s Janet Rouse
2008 February / March Bampton Architecture I Gilbert Marsh
2008 May / June Showing DVDs n/a
2008 September / October Why Bampton Didn’t Become Cowley Graham Newman
2009 February / March Bampton Architecture II Gilbert Marsh
2009 May / June The Story Behind the Naming of Bampton Jane Wallis & Janet Rouse
2009 September / October Dug up in Bampton I Jo Lewington
2010 February / March The Story Behind the Naming of Bampton Jane Wallis & Janet Rouse
2010 May / June Archery in Bampton Gerald Mills & John Hill
2010 September / October Dug up in Bampton II – The Coins Jo Lewingon
2011 February / March Bampton Skies and Landscapes Wendy Nicholls and Sarianne Durie
2011 May / June Pillbox Images: Bampton and Beyond Nik Stanbridge, Simon Rae and David Inshaw
2011 September / October SPAJERS Don Rouse, Janet Rouse and Helen Grimwade
2012 February / March Dug up in Bampton III – The Fossils Jo Lewington & Sarianne Durie
2012 May / June Farming in Bampton and Weald Janet Rouse & Don Rouse
2012 September / October Lost Airfields Mark McArthur-Christie
2013 February / March The Market Square Before and After 2000 Adrian Symonds
2013 May / June The Story of Trade in Bampton Janet Rouse
2013 September / October Inclosure of the Open Fields of Bampton Miriam James
2014 February / March The Restoration of Lord Nelson Jo Lewington
2014 May / June A History of Morris Dancing in Bampton Janet Rouse
2014 September / October We Will Remember Them Tony Page
2015 January / February The Poor Law in Bampton Miriam James
2015 May / June Witney’s Forgotten Airfield Peter Davis
2015 September / October Bampton: Recapturing the Castle Matthew Rice
2016 January / February Thirty Years of the Bampton Bush Club Anna Pitt
2016 May / June The History of Schools in Bampton Miriam James
2016 September / October A Snapshot of Bampton Nik Stanbridge
2017 January / February The Tanning Industry in Bampton Miriam James & Jo Lewington
2017 May / June A History of Bampton’s Fire Brigade Tom Papworth
2017 September / October Bampton’s History Through Its Houses Nicola Priestly
2018 January / February The Wilkinson Brothers Miriam James
2018 May / June Unseen Bampton Jane Wallis
2018 September / October Bampton Families Janet Newman
2019 January / February Cricket in Bampton Anna Pitt
2019 May / June Downton Abbey in Bampton 2010-2018 Jenny Chaundy
2019 September / October Mr Onesiphorus Oliver Collett Graham Newman
2020 January Patchwork & Quilting in Bampton Jane Chapman, Janet Newman & Jane Wallis
2022 July Birding in the Bush Barry Hudson
2022 November Frank Hudson: Made in Bampton Frank Hudson
2023 January Mapping Bampton – A Journey in Space and Time Will Fenton
2023 June 30 Years of Bampton Classical Opera Jeremy Gray
2023 November Bampton and its Railways 1873 to 1962 David Palfreyman

All proceeds from sales go back to the Bampton Community Archive and your support is much needed and very much appreciated.