Ampfield

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Ampfield
Village
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St Mark's Church
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Ampfield
Location within Hampshire
Population1,474 (2001)
1,583 (2011 Census) [1]
OS grid reference SU406237
Civil parish
  • Ampfield
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Romsey
Postcode district SO51
Dialling code 01794
Police Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance South Central
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UK
England
Hampshire
51°00′41″N1°25′21″W / 51.0114°N 1.4226°W / 51.0114; -1.4226

Ampfield is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Test Valley in Hampshire, England, between Romsey, Eastleigh, and Winchester. It had a population at the 2001 census of 1,474, [2] increasing to 1,583 at the 2011 Census. [1]

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Geography

Ampfield lies on sands and clays of Eocene age near the northern edge of the Hampshire Basin. Ampfield Wood on the London Clay [3] to the north of the village is crossed by the Monarch's Way long distance footpath. The parish includes the hamlets of Knapp and Gosport.

Education

State

Primary:

Church

The village church is St Mark. [5] Its construction took 3 years, finishing in 1841. [5] It has stained glass windows dating from the 1850s. [5]

Potters Heron Hotel

The Potters Heron Hotel, renowned for its thatched roof, is situated in Ampfield Village.

Personalities

The author of the Thomas the Tank Engine series of books, Rev. W Awdry, was born in Ampfield Vicarage.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  2. "Parish Headcounts, Area: Ampfield CP". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 2001. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
  3. British Geological Survey (2002), Winchester. England and Wales Sheet 299. Solid and Drift Geology, 1:50,000 Series geological map, Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey, ISBN   0-7518-3340-1
  4. Ampfield CofE Primary School Website , retrieved 5 June 2020
  5. 1 2 3 O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. p. 91. ISBN   9780300225037.

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