Map| Names of Places. | County. | Number of Miles From | +--+---------------------+----------+-------------+-------------+ 15|Ampney Down[A] pa|Gloucester|Cirencester 6|Cricklade 3| 15|Ampney, St. Mary,} | | | | | or Ashbrook } pa|Ditto |Cirencester 4|Fairford 5| 15|Ampney, St. Peter |Ditto |Cirencester 4|Fairford 4| 43|Ampleforth pa & to|N.R. York |Helmsley 4|New Malton 13| 16|Amport pa|Hants |Andover 5|Ludgershall 5| 3|Ampthill[B] m.t. & pa|Bedford |Bedford 8|Woburn 7| 36|Ampton pa|Suffolk |Bury 5|Ixworth 5| +--+---------------------+----------+-------------+-------------+ |Dist.| Map| Names of Places. | Number of Miles From |Lond.|Population. +--+---------------------+------------------------+-----+-------+ 15|Ampney Down[A] pa|Fairford 4| 85| 463| 15|Ampney, St. Mary,} | | | | | or Ashbrook } pa|Bibury 3| 88| 115| 15|Ampney, St. Peter |Cricklade 5| 86| 180| 43|Ampleforth pa & to|York 18| 223| 623| 16|Amport pa|Salisbury 13| 69| 731| 3|Ampthill[B] m.t. & pa|Toddington 7| 46| 1688| 36|Ampton pa|Thetford 8| 76| 110| +--+---------------------+----------+-------------+-------------+ [A] AMPNEY DOWN. The church of this place is very curious, and is said to have been built by the Knights Templars, about the year 1260. Under the window at the south-end of the transept, is the tomb of Sir Nicholas de Villiers and his lady, with their effigies, represented under an arch. The knight is represented as a crusader, in mail and surtout, with his legs crossed, his feet resting on a lion, and his right hand on the hilt of his sword; on his left arm is a shield bearing the Cross of St. George, charged with five escalop-shells. This figure is of hard blue stone; that of the lady is of free-stone, and much mutilated. Below the effigies of the knight is a mutilated inscription in the Saxon character. An ancient mansion, built by the family of the Hungerfords, in the reign of Henry the Eighth, was repaired and modernized, as to its exterior, a few years ago. It belongs, with the manor, to the family of Eliot, of Port Eliot, in Cornwall. [Sidenote: The church built by the Knights Templars.]