BAMPTON WEST HIGHWAY BOARD RECORDS

This material is held atOxfordshire History Centre

  • Reference
    • GB 160 HB2
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1885-1896
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume

Scope and Content

Bampton West 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 West consists of the following places:

Alvescot, Asthal, Black Bourton, Brize Norton, Broadwell, Broughton Poggs, Burford, Clanfield, Filkins, Fulbrook, Grafton, Kelmscott, Kencot, Langford, Little Faringdon, Radcot, Shilton, Swinbrook, Taynton, Upton and Signet, Westwell and Widford.

The records were deposited as part of Acc 916 in January 1971 and originally catalogued as H.B. II. 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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