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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ampleforth like this:
AMPLEFORTH, a village, three townships, and a parish in Helmsley district, N. R. Yorkshire. The village lies near the Thirsk and Driffield railway, 4 miles SW of Helmsley; it comprises the townships of Ample forth-St. Peter and Ampleforth-Birdforth in the parish of Ampleforth, and the township of Ampleforth-Oswald kirk, in the parish of Oswaldkirk; and it has a station on the railway, and a post office under York. ...
Pop., 605. A Roman Catholic college was established at Ampleforth Lodge, in Ampleforth-Oswaldkirk, in 1802; grew from a small commencement to great size and con sequence; received the addition of a church in 1856, and of new college buildings in 1861; is now a massive quadrangular pile, in the pointed style of the 14th and 15th centuries; and numbers among its pupils many members of the English Romanist aristocracy. Ample forth and Oswaldkirk parishes are interlocked with each other through the village. Acres of the two, 3,573. Real property, £6,516. Pop. of Ampleforth alone, 450. House, 99. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £261. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is good; and there are two Methodist chapels. Charities, £29.
Ampleforth is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ampleforth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ampleforth, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11174
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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