Bampton in west Oxfordshire, with the remains of its medieval castle earthworks, was occupied as a minor Royalist garrison position covering the western Oxford perimeter. Parliamentary forces reduced the Bampton position in 1645 as part of their operations to clear Royalist outposts west of Oxford before the final siege of the Royalist capital in 1646.
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