The ten BT Telephone Exchanges (and five former) in the Witney (01993) telephone area

Asthall Leigh ATE

Asthall Leigh ATE
Asthall Leigh Telephone Exchange is situated in Asthall Leigh, Witney OX29 9PX and serves Asthall Leigh and the surrounding villages.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01993-87.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 099 387.
ID: SMATL. Photo courtesy of David Hillas.

Bampton Castle ATE

Bampton Castle ATE
Bampton Castle Telephone Exchange is located in Landells, Bampton OX18 2LJ and serves Aston, Bampton, Cote, Lew and Weald.
The former Bampton Castle exchange was a UAX13 situated in Rosemary Lane, Bampton OX18 2NF.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01993-85.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 099 385.
ID: SMBNC. Photo courtesy of David Hillas.

Bampton Castle former ATE

Bampton Castle former ATE

The former Bampton Castle telephone exchange is in Rosemary Lane, Bampton, OX18 2NF.

It came into service as an RAX5 on Tuesday 17 March 1931.

It was later extended as a UAX13. It is now a bungalow called September Cottage.

Its dialling code was 099 385.

ID: SMBNC. Photo courtesy of The Move Market.

Burford ATE

Burford ATE
Burford Telephone Exchange is located in Oxford Road, Burford OX18 4PQ and serves Asthall, Burford, Fulbrook, Holwell, Swinbrook, Taynton and Westwell.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01993-82.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 099 382.

ID: SMBRD. Photo courtesy of David Hillas.

Carterton ATE

Carterton ATE
Carterton Telephone Exchange is situated in Shilton Road, Carterton OX18 1EN and serves Carterton, lvescot, Black Bourton, Brize Norton and Shilton.
The telephone codes for this exchange are 01993-84, 01993-896 and 01993-897.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 099 384.
ID: SMCAR.  Photo courtesy of David Hillas.

Carterton former ATE

Carterton former ATE

The former Carterton ATE is at 16 Black Bourton Road, Carterton OX18 3HA.

It came into service as a UAX13 to replace a manual exchange. Since closure in the early 1970s, it has had a shop front built on. It is now (2025) a butcher’s shop.

Its dialling code was 099 384.

ID: SMCAR. Photo courtesy of Bourton Road Butchers

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Freeland ATE

Freeland ATE
Freeland Telephone Exchange is located in Witney Road, Freeland, Witney OX29 8HQ and serves Church Hanborough, Freeland, Long Hanborough and North Leigh.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01993-88.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 099 388.

ID: SMFRD. Photo courtesy of David Hillas.

Freeland former ATE

Freeland former ATE
The former Freeland Telephone Exchange is located in Witney Road, Freeland, Witney OX29 8HQ and is now a private house called Exchange Cottage. It served Church Hanborough, Freeland, Long Hanborough and North Leigh.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 099 388.

ID: SMFRD. Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

Ramsden ATE

Ramsden ATE
Ramsden is located in Mount Skippett, Ramsden, Chipping Norton OX7 3AP and serves Finstock, New Yatt and Ramsden.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01993-86.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 099 386.

ID: SMRMN. Photo courtesy of David Hillas.

Shipton-under-Wychwood ATE

Shipton-under-Wychwood ATE

Shipton-under-Wychwood telephone exchange is located in High Street, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Chipping Norton OX7 6BA and serves Shipton-under-Wychwood and the surrounding area. The former Shipton-under-Wychwood exchange was also located in the same road as detailed in a newspaper article.

The telephone code for this exchange is 01993-83.

The former dialling code for this exchange was 099 383.

ID: SMSWD. Photo courtesy of David Hillas.

Shipton-under-Wychwood former ATE

Former Shipton exchange

The former Shipton-under-Wychwood telephone exchange is located in High Street, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Chipping Norton OX7 6BA and served Shipton-under-Wychwood and the surrounding area. The former Shipton-under-Wychwood exchange was also located in the same road as the current exchange.

The former dialling code for this exchange was 099 383.

ID: SMSWD. Photo of the old exchange courtesy of John Mann.

Stonesfield ATE

Stonesfield ATE

Stonesfield Telephone Exchange is located in Combe Road, Stonesfield, Witney OX29 8QB and serves Combe, Fawler and Stonesfield.

The telephone codes for this exchange are 01993-891 and 01993-898.

The former dialling code for this exchange was 099 389.

ID: SMSNF. Photo courtesy of David Hillas.

Witney ATE

Witney ATE
Witney Telephone Exchange is situated in Welch Way, Witney OX28 6JP and serves Crawley, Curbridge, Ducklington, Hailey, Minster Lovell, South Leigh and Witney.
The telephone code for this exchange includes 01993-70.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 0993.

ID: SMWI. Photo courtesy of  David Hillas.

Woodstock ATE

Woodstock ATE
Woodstock telephone exchange is located in New Road, Woodstock OX20 1PD. This exchange serves Bladon, Glympton, Woodstock and Wootton.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01993-81.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 099 381.

ID: SMWC. Photo courtesy of David Hillas.

Woodstock ATE

The former Woodstock exchange was a UAX13 and was situated opposite the current exchange in New Road, Woodstock OX20 1PD.
It served Bladon, Glympton, Woodstock and Wootton.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 099 381.

ID: SMWC. Photo courtesy of Google Maps.

Acknowledgment:
Most of the information and photographs on this page have been generously provided by David Hillas.
I am grateful to him for allowing me to reproduce the information on this site.
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