AMPNEY-CRUCIS, a parish in the hundred of
CROWTHORNE-and-MINETY, county of GLOUCESTER,
3 miles (E.) from Cirencester, containing 590 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's
books at £6. 9. 0., and in the patronage of the Crown.:
The church, dedicated to the Holy Rood, has an embattled
tower, and some portions of ancient architecture.
Here is a charity school.