Bampton, Westmorland
| Bampton | |
| Westmorland | |
|---|---|
 Bampton Village Store and Post Office | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY515182 |
| Location: | 54°33’25"N, 2°45’4"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 373 (2011) |
| Post town: | Penrith |
| Postcode: | CA10 |
| Dialling code: | 01931 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Westmorland & Furness |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Penrith and the Border |
Bampton is a village in Westmorland, on the edge of the Lake District National Park.
The parish had a population of 373 according to the 2011 census, which parish includes the villages of Bampton, Bampton Grange and Martindale.
Bampton Grammar school was founded in 17th century when the industrial population was comparatively large. Depopulation reduced the necessity for the school however, which fell victim at last to budgetary considerations. Until 2005 Bampton had a village school, which closed due to lack of children.
Haweswater Beck arises as 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 today
The village of Bampton has a Village Store Bed & Breakfast, a post office, a village hall, a playground, a garage and a caravan site. In Bampton Grange is St Patrick's Church, Bampton and the Crown and Mitre Inn.
The impressive parish church, St Patrick’s, is in Bampton Grange.
On film and in books
Within the village is the traditional red telephone box used in the 1980s 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.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Bampton, Westmorland) |
- Bampton Parish
- St Patrick's Church, Bampton
- Bampton and District History Society
- Bampton Village Store Bed & Breakfast