Timeline of Events in Campton

1086: The Domesday Book records three manors (Norman Estates) in Campton belonging to Walter Gifard, William de Ow and the King. All three manors had sub-tenants.

13th Century: Foundation of All Saints Church. The tower dates from the 15th century.

1349: Campton loses two priests to the Black Death.

1591: Campton Manor House built by John Ventris.

1645: Sir Charles Ventris of Campton Manor (a Royalist and ardent supporter of Charles I) is shot at by a group Roundheads while at home. Fortunately, their aim was poor and Sir Charles was unharmed but the shots became embedded in the oak panelling.

1786: The White Hart public house established, it became 'The Flowers' in 1954 and Whitbread in 1961.

1823: Robert Bloomfield the poet dies at Shefford and is buried in Campton churchyard. His chief work was 'The Farmer's Boy' which sold 26,000 copies within three years of its publication in 1800 but did not prevent its author dying in poverty.

1853: The Wheatsheaf public house established.

1876: Campton School opened in Rectory Road.

1892: All Saints church thoroughly restored between 1892 and 1896 by Arthur Wellesley Soames, a pupil of Blomfield.

1921: Twenty-six houses built along the Greenway.

1924-1936: Brookside Estate built in two phases.

1928: Campton first receives electricity. The supplier was First Garden City.

1937: Campton Mill closes. A mill had existed in Campton since Anglo Saxon times and was mentioned in the Domesday Book.

1939: Children from the Jewish School in London evacuated to Shefford. Many children and staff were taken to homes in the surrounding villages including Campton.

1956: The Wheatsheaf public house closes.

1983: The New Inn at Campton Turn closes. It was built in 1803 by Mr James Bunyan.

1987: Campton Post Office closes.