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The church of St John the Baptist has stood on it's present site since the 12th century however the building we see today dates from 1588. The addition of the 'ton' to the village name is unclear, although it is thought that this was possibly influenced by the nearby villages of Chiselhampton and Brookhampton. The first record of a pub is 'The Bear & Ragged Staff' built in 1685, about this time the village had a population of 85 adults. In 1720 'The Crown' was built, there is some suggestion that this pub was once known as 'The Pelican in the Wilderness'. By 1751 the village had a third pub, 'The Black Horse' again records show a change of name, during the 1830's the pub was known as 'The Wheatsheaf'. The number of pubs for such a small village may be due to the fact that travellers would pass through the village towards the bridge over the river Thame at Chiselhampton.
During the 1930's the village had a number of council houses built along School Lane, although strangely they carried a different address, known as 'The Close'. Further council houses were built during 1953. 'The Crown' car park area was once much prettier with a row of thatched cottages known as 'The Malthouses', sadly these were demolished in 1957 to make way for Cratland's Close. In 1973 a new village school was built behind Cratland's Close. In recent years a number of new dwellings have been built on pockets of land but on the whole Stadhampton has remained relatively unchanged. Detailed history of Stadhampton British History Online (Stadhampton)
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Originally
called
'Stadham'
the
village
grew
from
an
agricultural
community.
The
earliest
known
records
of
Stadham
date
from
1146.
There
are
also
records
of
a
Chaplain
in
the
area
at
this
time
as
documents
record
a
theft
involving
two
monks
at
'Stadham
Church'.