Paul Hilton's Pictures of Clifton Hampden

Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.

The Gothic styled bridge designed by George Gilbert Scott and built over the River Thames in 1867 to replace the earlier ferry service at Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.

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Clifton Hampden, Buildings and Structures, River Scenes, Trees and Woodlands, Oxfordshire

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Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire

The grave of William Dyke who accidentally fired the first shot at the Battle of Waterloo; June 1815. He was a Private in the 1st Foot Guards, later Grenadier Guards and became a Sergeant later on.

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Clifton Hampden, Cemeteries, Remembrance, Oxfordshire

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Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire

The grave of Squadron Leader David John Shannon, DSO DFC, RAAF who took part on the famous Dambuster Raid in 1943 and flew the first of three Lancaster bombers that attacked the Eder dam and on his seventh approach, successfully dropped his " bouncing bomb" designed by Barnes Wallis. His wife, Ann Somerset Shannon, is buried next to him.

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Clifton Hampden, Remembrance, Cemeteries, Buildings and Structures, Oxfordshire

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Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire

The Church of St Michael and All Angels had considerable restoration work in the mid-1800s. The stone altar was made by Cox of London; the first stone altar to have been installed in the Diocese of Oxford since the Reformation. The screen was added in 1866 and stained glass windows replaced by those off Clayton and Bell in 1873.

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Clifton Hampden, Churches, Buildings and Structures, Oxfordshire

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Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.

The church of St Michaels and all Angels stands on an outcrop overlooking the River Thames. In the churchyard will be found the graves of William Dyke who inadvertently fired the first shot at the Battle of Waterloo and also that of David John Shannon DSO DFC RAAF, who was a 20 year old Flight Leutenant who survived the famous Dambusters raid in 1943. Shannon piloted the first Lancaster of three, that attacked the second and largest of the two dams on the Ruhr targeted by 617 Squadron. Shannon became the most decorated Royal Australian airman flying.

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Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.

During the restoration of St Michaels and All Angels, a new organ built by P.G. Phipps of Oxford was installed in 1864.

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Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire

A narrowboat passes along the Thames at Clifton Hampden and about to sail under the Gothic-style bridge of 1867. Richard Casey, the last ferryman who also supervised the building of the bridge, became it's first toll keeper. His descendants still live in the house on the bridge.

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Clifton Hampden, River Scenes, Trees and Woodlands, Transport, Oxfordshire

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