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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]

Ampfield
Village

St Mark's Church
Ampfield
Location within Hampshire
Population1,474 (2001)
1,583 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSU406237
Civil parish
  • Ampfield
District
  • Test Valley
Shire county
Region
  • South East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRomsey
Postcode districtSO51
Dialling code01794
PoliceHampshire
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
  • Romsey and Southampton North
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire
51.0114°N 1.4226°W / 51.0114; -1.4226

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.


References


  1. "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. 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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