Ampton

The Domesday Book of 1086 records the population of Ampton in 1086 to be 23 households. 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: In 1887, John Bartholomew also wrote an entry on Ampton in the Gazetteer of the British Isles with a much shorter description: ==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. The Old School House, dated 1705, is a Grade II listed building a bears a plaque commemorating its principal benefactor in a Latin inscription. By 1844 the school was part of the National Schools system. ==Notable residents==

• James Calthorpe (until 1658), Roundhead & Sheriff of Suffolk. • Dorothy Calthorpe (1648-1693), early female author • Algernon May (until 1704), Member of Parliament for Windsor. • Reynolds Calthorpe (1655–1719), Member of Parliament for Hindon. • James Calthorpe (1699–1784), politician and courtier, Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter in Ordinary, Yeoman of the Removing Wardrobe, and Member of Parliament for Hindon. • Henry Venn Elliott (1792–1865), an English divine. • Henry George Boldero (1794–1873), British Army officer and a Member of Parliament for Chippenham. • Robert FitzRoy (1805–1865), English officer of the Royal Navy, pioneering meteorologist and founder of the Met Office, captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage. • Henry Cotterill (1812–1886), Bishop of Grahamstown and Bishop of Edinburgh in the 1800s. • Pierce Lacy (1872–1956), English stockbroker, chairman of the Birmingham Stock Exchange. == References ==