15-662: Bampton may refer to: Places [ edit ] England [ edit ] Bampton, Cumbria Bampton, Devon Bampton (Devon) railway station Bampton Hundred Bampton, Oxfordshire Other [ edit ] Bampton Island, former name of Parama Island , Papua New Guinea Bampton Reefs, Chesterfield Islands , New Caledonia People [ edit ] Danny Bampton (born 1980), Australian rugby league player Dave Bampton (born 1985), English footballer Debbie Bampton (born 1961), English footballer John Bampton (1690–1751), English churchman for whom
30-476: A Community Benefit Society comprising over 500 Shareholder Members. In Bampton Grange is St Patrick's Church, Bampton and the Crown and Mitre Inn (currently closed to non-residents). Bampton produced England's first woman county councillor, Mary Noble , who represented Askham and Bampton on Westmorland County Council in 1907. Also within the village of Bampton is the traditional red telephone box used in
45-431: A mountain pass or hause into the valley. At the time of the 2011 census the population of the civil parish was less than 100. Details are included in the parish of Bampton . Martindale runs for approximately nine km in a north to south direction, it is a remote and thinly populated valley which has a permanent population of only about 50 residents. The foot of the valley is located at the small hamlet of Sandwick on
60-473: A few self-catering holiday homes. At the top of the hause is St Peter's Church often referred to as the New Church, it dates from 1880. Half a kilometre further up the valley is the restored St Martin's Church , the present building dates from the end of the 16th century. Other farm buildings in the mid and upper parts of Martindale are Winter Crag, Knicklethorns, Henhow, Thrang Crag and Dale Head. Martindale
75-529: A stream discharge from Haweswater Reservoir and flows eastward, just north of Firth Woods, and then turns north to join the River Lowther between Bampton and Bampton Grange. The village of Bampton centres on The Mardale Inn, Bampton Valley Stores, Bampton Memorial Hall & playground, and Bridge End Garage & caravan site. The Mardale Inn was bought as a Community Pub in May 2022 by Bampton Valley Community Pub,
90-503: Is a former shooting lodge which was constructed in 1910 by Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale for a deer shooting visit by the German Emperor Wilhelm II in 1910. Today The Bungalow is used as self-catering accommodation which houses 10 people. The main area of habitation in the valley itself is situated in its lower area where the road comes over the hause from Howtown . Here there is Hause Farm, The Old Reading Room and
105-530: Is a valley, village and civil parish in Cumbria , England, situated within the Lake District National Park between the lakes of Ullswater and Haweswater . The valley is served by a narrow minor road which runs as far as the farm of Dale Head. This road commences at Howtown , a hamlet on the shore of Ullswater that forms part of the civil parish but is not in the valley of Martindale, and passes over
120-470: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bampton, Cumbria Bampton is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria , England, on the edge of the Lake District National Park . It is in the historic county of Westmorland . The parish had a population of 283 according to the 2001 census. In
135-468: The 2011 census Bampton was grouped with Martindale to give a total of 373. The parish includes the villages of Bampton, Bampton Grange and Bomby . Bampton Grammar school was founded in 17th century when the industrial population was comparatively large. Depopulation reduced the necessity leading to the budgetary axe to fall on school provision. Until 2005 Bampton had a village school, which closed due to lack of children. Haweswater Beck arises as
150-614: The Dalemain Estate , which owns the reserve, to keep to preferred routes which avoid the herds when climbing The Nab, to which there is now open access under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 . Access to the summit of the Nab is across a difficult peat bog and there is no descent from the Nab, instead walkers must return to the High Street. At the foot of The Nab is “The Bungalow”, this
165-556: The 1987 cult classic movie Withnail & I . There is a book called Ploughing in Latin that has been written about Bampton and one called Cast Iron Community about Burnbanks, the village built to house the Haweswater dam-builders. [REDACTED] Media related to Bampton, Cumbria at Wikimedia Commons This Cumbria location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Martindale, Cumbria Martindale
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#1732844980395180-572: The Bampton Lectures are named Mel Bampton , Australian radio announcer Peter Bampton , Australian footballer in the 1920s Rose Bampton (1907–2007), American opera singer Other [ edit ] Bampton Lectures , named after John Bampton Bampton Castle (disambiguation) Bampton Classical Opera , an opera company based in Bampton, Oxfordshire See also [ edit ] Brampton (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
195-486: The main watercourse for the lower part of Martindale and enters Ullswater at Sandwick. Just before reaching Sandwick, Martindale is joined by the side valley of Boredale , which enters from the south. The upper part of Martindale around The Nab is a deer reserve which is not open to the public and contains no rights of way . The reserve is home to the oldest native red deer herd in England. Hill walkers are requested by
210-501: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bampton . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bampton&oldid=994836096 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
225-515: The western shore of Ullswater, while its head is situated on the slopes of Rampsgill Head where the headwaters of Howegrain Beck rise at a height of around 700 metres above sea level. The upper part of the valley is divided into two branches by the fell of The Nab , these two sub valleys named Bannerdale and Rampsgill contain the streams of Bannerdale Beck and Rampsgill Beck which meet at a point midway down Martindale to form Howegrain Beck which then becomes
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