Ampleforth

Other current and historical names

Oswaldkirk
Ampleforth Oswaldkirk
Oswaldkirk Ampleforth
Ampleforth Bridforth and Ampleforth St Peter

Built-Up Area: Ampleforth
Parish/Community: Ampleforth
District/Borough: Ryedale
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 54°12'3"N 1°6'28"W
Eastings/Northings: 458297, 478732
OS Grid: SE582787
Mapcode Local: GBR NMPV.YT
Mapcode Global: WHD8S.YNMT

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Ampleforth within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Ampleforth in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Ampleforth Oswaldkirk, township, Oswaldkirk par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SW. of Helmsley, 882 ac., pop. 289. A Roman Catholic college was established here in 1802.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Ampleforth Bridforth and Ampleforth St Peter, 2 townships, Ampleforth par., North-Riding Yorksh., near Helmsley, 566 ac., pop. 183; and 941 ac., pop. 231.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Ampleforth, par. and vil. with ry. sta., North-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SW. of Helmsley, 1507 ac., pop. 414; P.O.

Ampleforth in the Domesday Book

A village in Maneshou hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Kofse
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh son of Baldric
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh son of Baldric
- Taxable Value: 29 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £12 in 1086
- Households: 54 villagers
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 29 men's ploughs (15 plough lands)
- Woodland: 8 mixed measures
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop of York St Peter
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf of Carlton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Canons of York (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld

British Place Names

Ampleforth, North Yorkshire

Ampleforth is a village in North Yorkshire

Ampleforth in historic gazetteers

Ampleforth in the Domesday Book