Ampfield

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Ampfield
Hampshire

St Mark's Church
Location
Grid reference: SU406237
Location: 51°-0’41"N, 1°25’21"W
Data
Population: 1,474  (2001)
Post town: Romsey
Postcode: SO51
Dialling code: 01794
Local Government
Council: Test Valley
Parliamentary
constituency:
Romsey

Ampfield is a village and parish in Hampshire, between Romsey, Eastleigh, and Winchester. It had a population at the 2001 census of 1,474.[1]

Ampfield lies on sands and clays of Eocene age near the northern edge of the Hampshire Basin. Ampfield Wood on the London Clay[2] 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.

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

Potters Heron Hotel

The Potters Heron Hotel is situated in Ampfield Village. Its Thatch Roof is well known and loved amongst many.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Ampfield)

References

  1. "Parish Headcounts, Area: Ampfield CP". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 2001. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=795133&c=Ampfield&d=16&e=15&g=452673&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1205083470203&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 2008-03-09. 
  2. 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

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