EPW031371 ENGLAND (1930). The deserted village of Hampton Gay, St Giles's Church and the Alpha Cement Works, Hampton Gay, from the south-east, 1930

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Title [EPW031371] The deserted village of Hampton Gay, St Giles's Church and the Alpha Cement Works, Hampton Gay, from the south-east, 1930
Reference EPW031371
Date February-1930
Link
Place name HAMPTON GAY
Parish HAMPTON GAY AND POYLE
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 448709, 216211
Longitude / Latitude -1.2928944354216, 51.841931393616
National Grid Reference SP487162

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This road is still the access to the site, bypassing Shipton village

Dylan Moore
Monday 17th of November 2014 10:16:21 AM
Site of train crash 24th December 1874. Said to be the worst crash on the Great Western Railway with 34 People killed. As a result of this crash the way carriage wheels were manufactured was changed. Also this crash was implementary in trains having continuous brakes [brakes on every wheel controlled by the train driver, either by vacuum or air] on passenger trains. The story goes that the nearby manor house refused to help with the casualties on this evening. A few years later when there was a fire at the manor house it burnt down because nobody turned out to help put out the fire. Unfortunately this affected the local economy [people depending on the master of the house to provide work] and that is why the village is practically deserted today.

Nowy Paul
Saturday 15th of November 2014 12:55:06 PM
Oxford cement plant

Dylan Moore
Monday 22nd of October 2012 06:42:42 PM
St Giles parish church. 11th century foundation but completely rebuilt about 1770 (Georgian style) and later much modified to include Norman revival and Early English gothic features.

totoro
Thursday 26th of July 2012 09:16:15 AM