AMPORT, a parish in the hundred of ANDOVER,
Andover division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 4j
miles (W. by S.) from Andover, containing, with the tythings
of Cholderton and Sarson, 646 inhabitants. The
living is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Appleshaw
annexed, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester,
rated in the king's books at £25. 7. 11., and
in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Chichester.
The church is dedicated to St. Mary. In 1812, a schoolhouse
was erected here by Mrs. Sheppard, to which the
Rev. Thomas Sheppard, D.D., added a bequest of £20
a year, for the education of poor children. There is
an almshouse for six poor persons.