Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bampton

Bampton, par., civ. par., and market town with ry. sta., mid. W. Oxfordshire, 5 miles SW. of Witney and 79 miles NW. of London -- par., 11,238 ac., pop. 2407; civ. par., 4491 ac., pop. 1395; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Wednesday. The par. contains B. Alston, eccl. dist., pop. 833; B. Lew, eccl. dist., pop. 129.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, civil parish, and market town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Bampton CP/AP       Oxfordshire AncC
Place: Bampton

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