Ampton is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the St Edmundsbury

St Edmundsbury

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 district of Suffolk

Suffolk

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, England

England

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, about five miles north of Bury St Edmunds.According to Eilert Ekwall

Eilert Ekwall

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 the meaning of the village name is Amma's homestead. The Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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 records the population of Ampton in 1086 to be 23. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 63.

The parish is grouped with Little Livermere

Little Livermere

Little Livermere is a village in England situated about north of Bury St Edmunds, in an area of Suffolk known as the Breckland.The village was almost entirely demolished in the 18th century when a park and mere were created in the grounds of the stately home, which was itself destroyed in the 1920s...

 and Timworth

Timworth

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to form a parish council.