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

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

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.

Oxford cement plant

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.