Bampton: Bampton Charter Fair
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Image: © Martin Bodman Taken: 27 Oct 2005
The fair seen from near the Seahorse Inn, Briton Street. Bampton’s streets are closed to through traffic for the day. Held on the last Thursday in October, for centuries the fair functioned as a livestock market, it now caters for families rather than farmers