 The
church of St. Mary the Virgin is of considerable interest , with
a splendid 170ft spire at the base of which are four flying buttresses,
each surmounted by a carved apostle. The contents of the interior
include canopied sedilia in the chancel, a fine stone reredos,
three brasses and an impressive 17th century monument to George
Tompson (1603) in the south trancept.
Also of interest in the town is the delightgul Old Grammar School
in Church Street, now used as a library, and the gatehouse of Ham
Court in Mill Street, a building once forming part of Bampton Castle,
which had been built by the Earl of Pembroke in the 14th century.
There is a pleasant walk south-west from Bampton, via the hamlet
of Weald, to the Old Man's Bridge and Radcot Lock, both on the
Upper Thames and joining the Thames Path. |
