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Ampney Crucis

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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"AMPNEY CRUCIS, a parish in the hundred of Crowthorne and Minety, in the county of Gloucester, 3 miles to the E. of Cirencester. It includes the tything of Hilcott End. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £84, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to the Holy Rood. There is an endowed charity school, founded by --- Pleydell, with a revenue of £80. Ampney Park is the seat of Earl Ducic."

"HILCOTT END, a tything in the parish of Ampney-Crucis, county Gloucester, 2 miles N.E. of Chipping-Campden."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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Population

  • The following information - on the Population of Ampney Crucis in 1811 - has been very kindly supplied by Martin Larner, from the parish register.

    In 1811, Population was - Males 223 Females 247;     TOTAL 470.

    No. of families - 124.

    Employed in husbandry or labour: 88
    Employed in handicraft: 25
    Not included: 11

    The population in 1800 appears to have been 514, there is consequently a decrease in the last ten years of 44.

    Taken by us: William Gray MA Curate
      ?? Creele? Overseer.