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Ampton
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Ampton
Location within Suffolk
Area14.15 km2 (5.46 sq mi)
Population171 (2011) including Little Livermere & Timworth [1]
•  Density 12/km2 (31/sq mi)
OS grid reference TL8671
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Bury St Edmunds
Postcode district IP31
Police Suffolk
Fire Suffolk
Ambulance East of England
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Ampton
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UK
England
Suffolk
52°18′24″N0°44′13″E / 52.3066°N 00.7370°E / 52.3066; 00.7370
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Almshouses in Ampton

Ampton is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk District of Suffolk, England, about five miles north of Bury St Edmunds.

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According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is 'Amma's homestead'.

According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 63, including Little Livermere and Timworth, increasing to 171 at the 2011 Census.

The parish is grouped with Little Livermere and Timworth to form a parish meeting. [2]

Ampton currently has 13 listed structures within it, 12 of them Grade II listed and SS Peter & Paul's church being Grade I listed. [3]

At the church hang four bells, with the heaviest weighing 8-1 cwt and dating from 1405. [4]

Most of the village was designated as a conservation area on 5 March 1987. [5]

The village's racecourse hosts the South Suffolk Show, an annual one-day agricultural show which was first organised in 1888. [6]

Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy FRS, the scientist who achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, was born in the village. He also coined the phrase ‘Weather Forecast’ when he founded the predecessor to the Meteorological Office. [7]

History

The Domesday Book of 1086 records the population of Ampton in 1086 to be 23 households. [8] The parish was part of Thedwastre Hundred.

Historial writings

In 1870–1872, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described the village as: [9]

AMPTON, a parish in Thingoe district, Suffolk; 5 miles N of Bury St. Edmunds r. station. It has a post office under Bury St. Edmunds. Acres, 736. Real property, £910. Pop., 131. Houses, 28. Ampton Hall, the seat of H. Rodwell, Esq., is a large brick edifice, in a spacious park. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £172.* Patron, Hun. Rodwell, Esq. The church is a plain brick building, with a stone tower, and has a brass. Charities, Calthorpes' school, almshouses., £440.

In 1887, John Bartholomew also wrote an entry on Ampton in the Gazetteer of the British Isles with a much shorter description: [10]

Ampton, par. and seat, W. Suffolk, 5 miles N. of Bury St Edmunds, 736 ac., pop. 97; P.O.

Ampton Hall

A Grade II-listed Jacobean style manor house built in 1892 on the site of the previous hall. The main residence of the Ampton estate which owns 700 acre park and a large majority of the housing in the area.

Ampton Charities

School

Ampton Charity School Trust was established by James Calthorpe (1649–1702) in 1692 for the education of six poor boys of Ampton and the neighbouring parishes. [11] [12] The Old School House, dated 1705, is a Grade II listed building a bears a plaque commemorating its principal benefactor in a Latin inscription. [13] By 1844 the school was part of the National Schools system. [11]

Almshouses

In her will dated 18 May 1693 Dorothy Calthorpe left £1,000 for the construction of almshouses in the village for "six poor old widows or old maids" [14] [15]


Notable residents

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References

  1. ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Ampton Parish (E04009285)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Parish council – Ampton, Little Livermere & Timworth Parish Meeting". democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Listed Buildings in Ampton, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Dove's Guide, Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  5. ↑ "Conservation areas and appraisals". www.westsuffolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "South Suffolk Show | Suffolk Agricultural Show | Ampton Race Course | Ingham | Bury St. Edmunds" . Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  7. ↑ Mellersh, H. E. L. (1968). FitzRoy of the Beagle. London: Hart-Davis. ISBN   0246974524. OCLC   30625.
  8. ↑ "Ampton Parish History" (PDF). Suffolk Heritage Explorer.
  9. ↑ "History of Ampton, in St Edmundsbury and Suffolk. Map and description". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  10. ↑ "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ampton". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  11. 1 2 William White (1844). History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk. p. 301.
  12. ↑ Barker, H. R. (1907). West Suffolk Illustrated. Bury St Edmunds: F. G. Pawsey and Co Ltd. p. 6.
  13. ↑ Stuff, Good. "Old Schoolhouse, Ampton, Suffolk". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. British Listed Buildings.
  14. ↑ "MISS DOROTHY CALTHORPE'S CHARITY - Charity 216240". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  15. ↑ Michelle M. Dowd & Julie A. Eckerle (2011) The Devotional Writings of Dorothy Calthorpe, ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews, 24:1-2, 89-98, DOI: 10.1080/0895769X.2011.540539


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