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AMPNEY-CRUCIS, a parish in Cirencester district, Gloucester; on Ampney brook, near Ermine-street, 3 miles E of Cirencester r. station. It contains the hamlet of Alcott-End; and its Post Town is Cirencester. Acres, 2,660. Real property, £4,728. Pop., 648. Houses, 132. The property is not much divided. Ampney Park is the seat of Earl Ducie. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £84. Patron, Rev. E. J. Brewster. The church is an ancient structure, dedicated to the Holy Cross, and in good condition. A free school, founded and endowed, in 1722, by Sir Robert Pleydell, has an endowed income of £80.
(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: | Ampney Crucis Parish Cirencester Poor Law Union/Registration District Gloucestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Ampney Crucis |
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