Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for AMPFIELD

AMPFIELD, a village and a chapelry in Hursley parish, Hants. The village stands 4 miles ENE of Rom. sey r. station; and has a post office under Romsey. The chapelry was constituted in 1841; and is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, not reported.* Patron, the Vicar of Hursley. The church is a neat Gothic structure, erected at the expense of Sir William Heathcote, Bart., and surrounded by a model burying-ground. Pop., 531.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ampfield CP/Ch       Hursley AP/CP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Ampfield

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