Ampney St Mary is a small village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in the
Cotswolds
The Cotswolds (, ) is a region in central-southwest England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale.
The area is defined by the bedrock of Jur ...
, part of the
Cotswold District of
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean.
The county town is the city of Gl ...
, England.
According to the 2001 census the parish has a population of 54, increasing to 218 at the
2011 census.
Ampney was listed in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
of 1086.
The
Ampney Brook flows near the village, which is near to
Ampney Crucis and
Ampney St Peter, and is about four miles east of
Cirencester. The village takes its name from the brook and the local church. The village is also locally known as "Ashbrook".
The village has an 18th-century
public house
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, the
Red Lion, one of the few public houses left without a bar counter, though it is now closed.
The
Church of St Mary was built in the 12th and 13th centuries. It is a grade I
listed building
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.
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Villages in Gloucestershire
Cotswold District
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