Bampton
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 St Mary the Virgin parish church | |
  Bampton Location within Oxfordshire | |
| Population | 2,564 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP315031 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bampton |
| Postcode district | OX18 |
| Dialling code | 01993 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Bampton Oxfordshire |
Bampton, also called Bampton-in-the-Bush, is a settlement and civil parish in the Thames Valley about 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) southwest of Witney in Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Weald. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,564.[1] Bampton is variously referred to as both a town and a village. The Domesday Book recorded that it was a market town by 1086. It continued as such until the 1890s.[2] It has both a town hall and a village hall.
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Bampton Parish (1170217913)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ Crossley & Currie 1996, pp. 31–43