BAMPTON EAST HIGHWAY BOARD RECORDS

This material is held atOxfordshire History Centre

  • Reference
    • GB 160 HB1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1887-1896
  • Physical Description
    • 2 volumes

Scope and Content

Bampton East Highway Board was formed in 1864 to takeover the responsibility of maintaining the highways from the parish vestry. It was abolished in 1894 when the newly formed Witney Rural District Council (RDC12) took over this responsibility.

Bampton East consists of the following places:

Aston and Cote, Bampton, Brighthampton, Chimney, Cogges, Crawley, Curbridge, Ducklington, Eynsham, Hailey, Hanborough, Hardwick, Lew, Minster Lovell, North Leigh, Northmoor, Ramsden, Shifford, South Leigh, Standlake, Stanton Harcourt, Weald, Wilcot and Yelford.

The records were deposited as part of Acc 916 in January 1971 and originally catalogued as H.B. I. Recatalogued by Alison Smith in October 2018. A conspectus of old and new references is at the end of the catalogue.

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