Bampton Castle, Oxfordshire
- Bampton Castle, Oxfordshire
Bampton Castle was in the village of Bampton, Oxfordshire (gbmapping|SP310031).
Differing accounts of its origin exist. One states that in about 1142 during the reign of Stephen, Matilda built a motte castle. [cite book | last =Fry | first =Plantagenet Somerset | authorlink =Plantagenet Somerset Fry | coauthors = | title =The David & Charles Book of Castles |edition= | publisher =David & Charles | date =1980 | location =Newton Abbot | pages =183 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =0-7153-7976-3 ] Another states that in 1314–15, during the reign of Edward II, Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, obtained a license from the king to "make a castle of his house at Bampton."[cite web |url=http://www.bamptonoxon.co.uk/history.htm |title=History |accessdate=2007-12-06 |publisher=Bampton Oxfordshire ] ]The castle was demolished before 1789[ but parts of its structure have been incorporated into a house, Ham Court, which is a Grade II* listed building. [cite web |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?pid=1&id=253414 |title=Images of England: Ham Court |accessdate=2007-12-06 |publisher=English Heritage ] ]There is an RAF communications station nearby which is called RAF Bampton Castle.Notes
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