Ampney St Mary Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Ampney St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Alternative names: Ashbrook
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Parish registers begin: 1602
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
AMPNEY-ST. MARY, or Ashbrook, a parish in Cirencester district, Gloucester; on Ampney brook, 4 miles E of Cirencester r. station. Post Town, Cirencester.
Acres, 1,170. Real property, £2,552. Pop., 125. Houses, 28. The property is not much divided.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £71. Patron, M. H. Beach, Esq. The church is an ivy-clad, quaint-looking, very ancient edifice, recently repaired.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Amphney [sic] (St. Mary), or Ashbrook, 1½ mile E. Cirencester. P. 121
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1840
Ampney (St. Mary), or Ashbrooke, a parish in the same hund. and union; 4 miles east by south from Cirencester; on the post-road to Fairford.
Living, a perpetual curacy, formerly in the archd. of Gloucester, now in that of Bristol, and in the dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; rated at £5 3s., in the parliamentary returns at £56; gross income £71. The chapel is an old building in the early English style. For commutation of tithes, see Ampney-Crucis.
Pop., in 1801, 176; in 1831, 115. Houses 27. Acres 1,170. A. P. £1,672. Poor rates, in 1837, £74.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1840.
Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833
Ampney, St. Mary, or Ashbrook, co. Gloucester.
P.T. Cirencester (89) 4 m. E b S. Pop. 130.
A parish in the hundred of Crowthorne and Minety; living, a perpetual curacy in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester; certified value 5l. 3s.; ann. val. P. R. 56l.; patron, the Lord Chancellor.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. I; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.
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Ampney Saint Mary or Ashbrook Morris Gloucestershire Directory 1876
Ampney Saint Mary (or Ashbrook) is a village in Cirencester union, containing, by the census of 1861, 125, and in 1871, 99 inhabitants, and 1156 acres; in the deanery of Cirencester, archdeaconry of Bristol, diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, hundred of Crowthorne and Minety, East Gloucestershire; 3 ½ miles east from Cirencester, on the road thence to Fairford, from which it is 4 ½ miles. The living is a vicarage in the incumbency of the Rev. Lawrence Latham, valued at £72 per annum, with 63 acres of glebe land, and in the patronage of Sir M. H. Beach, Baronet. The church is a small ancient edifice, dedicated to St. Mary. There are charitable bequests producing £3 12s. per annum. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor and principal landowners. The rateable value of the parish is £1705.
Trades and Professions
Cole Henry, farmer, Somerfield farm
Cole Richard, farmer, Can Court farm
Harris James, baker and shopkeeper
Lane William, parish clerk
Letters through Cirencester, which is the nearest money order office
Source: Morris & Co.’s commercial Directory & Gazetteer of Gloucestershire with Bristol and Monmouth. Second Edition. Hounds Gate, Nottingham. 1876.
Ampney St. Mary Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1863
Ampney St. Mary, or Ashbrook, is a parish and village, 3½ miles east from Cirencester, and 4½ from Fairford, in the hundred of Crowthorne and Minety, Cirencester union, county court district and rural deanery, Bristol archdeaconry, and Gloucester and Bristol bishopric, East Gloucestershire. It is situated near the road between Cirencester and Fairford. The church of St. Mary is a small and ancient building, without any architectural pretensions whatever; it contains a very old font: for a long period there was no service held here, and the building became much dilapidated, but it has been put into a state of repair. The living is a perpetual curacy, annual value £72, with 63 acres of glebe land, in the gift of Sir M. H. Beach, Bart., and held by the Rev. Lawrence Latham. The population in 1861 was 125; the acreage is 1,140. The soil is light clay and stone brash; the subsoil, clay and limestone rock. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor and principal landowners. There are charities of £3 12s. annual value.
Parish Clerk, William Lane.
Bedford Thomas, farmer, Can Court farm
Cole Henry, farmer
Hughes Charles, wheelwright
Telling Joseph, baker & shopkeeper
Letters through Cirencester, which is the nearest money order office.
Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and the City of Bristol, Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1863.
Ampney St Mary or Ashbrook Gloucestershire Directory 1856
Ampney St. Mary, or Ashbrook, is a township, parish, and village, 3½ miles east of Cirencester, and 4½ from Fairford. It is the Hundred of Crowthorne and Minety, Cirencester Union, Bristol archdeaconry, and Gloucester and Bristol bishopric, East Gloucestershire. It is situated near the road between Cirencester and Fairford; its extent is 1,140 acres, and the population at the census, in 1851, was 125. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of William Beach, Esq., and the incumbency of the Rev. Lawrence Latham; the annual value is £72 with 63 acres of glebe land attached. The church of St. Mary is a small and ancient building, without any architectural pretensions whatever; it contains a very old font. For a long period there was no service held here, and the building became very dilapidated, and completely over-grown with ivy; but it has since been put into a state of repair. The soil is light clay and stone-brash; the subsoil, clay and limestone rock. William Beach, Esq.,is lord of the manor, and principal landowner. There are charities of £3 12s. annual value.
Can Court is a farm.
Bedford Thos. farmer, Can court farm
Cole Joseph, farmer
Creed John, farmer
Hughes Charles, wheelwright
Letters through Cirencester, which is also the nearest money order office.
Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire with Bath and Bristol. Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., 19, 20 & 21, Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1856.
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Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Cirencester
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol, Pre 1836 – Gloucester
- Rural Deanery: Cirencester
- Poor Law Union: Cirencester
- Hundred: Crowthorne and Minety
- Province: Canterbury