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A vision of Britain through time
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AMPORT, a parish in Andover district, Hants; on the Basingstoke and Salisbury railway, near Grateley station, 5 miles WSW of Andover. It includes the tythings of Sarson and East Cholderton; and has a post office‡ under Andover. Acres, 3,933. Real property, with Monxton, £6,988. Pop. of Amport, 706. Houses, 156. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Winchester, and has descended to him from the Norman house of De Port, the common ancestors of the Paulets and the St. Johns. Amport House, the seat of the Marquis, has just been rebuilt, in the Tudor style, after designs by Mr. Burns; and stands in a pleasant undulating park much marked with single trees. The living is a vicarage, united till 1865 with Appleshaw, in the dio. of Winchester. Value, £590.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Chichester. The church is chiefly in the late decorated style, with a central tower. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel. There are also an endowed school and en dowed almshouses, with jointly £150 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Amport AP/CP Andover RegD/PLU Hampshire AncC |
| Place: | Amport |
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