Dutton, Berrett & Hungerford Twigs
Our Family's Journey Through Time
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DOWN AMPNEY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Down Ampney is a medium-sized village located in Cotswold district in Gloucestershire, in England.
It is off the A417 which runs between Cirencester and Faringdon (in Oxfordshire) on the A420, and about 5 km north of Cricklade, which is on the A419 which runs from Cirencester to Swindon, Wiltshire.
Down Ampney was notable in mediaeval times as one of the principal seats of the powerful Hungerford family (their principal seat was at Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset) and a number of elaborate family monuments survive in the village church.
The Old Vicarage in Down Ampney was the birthplace of Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1872. A tune he composed (used for the hymn "Come Down, O Love Divine") is titled "Down Ampney" in its honour.
During World War II, the airfield sited on the border of Down Ampney saw action, with planes flying to and from the runway whilst serving in the war.
Aside from the airfield, a school older than 150 years, a multi use games area for younger residents, a tennis club, a village hall, a small village shop, and the church mentioned above, which evidently dates back to before the bubonic plague, are also present in the current arrangement of the village.
Latitude: 51.6747, Longitude: -1.85421
Matches 1 to 15 of 15
Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth  |
Person ID | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Knight of the Royal Oak Hungerford Dunch, MP | 20 Jan 1639 | I8636 |
| 2 | Lady Christina Hungerford Lady Christina Halle | Abt 1440 | I6800 |
| 3 | Hungerford | Abt 1464 | I22866 |
| 4 | Anne Hungerford | Abt 1465 | I8689 |
| 5 | Anthony Hungerford, Sir | I8711 | |
| 6 | Sir Anthony Hungerford | Est 1485 | I17613 |
| 7 | Sir Anthony Hungerford | 1567 | I6716 |
| 8 | Sir Anthony Hungerford Sir Anthony Hungerford, Knight | 1585 | I6744 |
| 9 | Bridget Hungerford | Est 1590 | I17568 |
| 10 | Dorothy Hungerford | 1528 | I8694 |
| 11 | Edmund Hungerford | I17647 | |
| 12 | Elizabeth Hungerford | 1464 | I6836 |
| 13 | John Hungerford | I17650 | |
| 14 | Sir John Hungerford Sir John Hungerford, Knight | 1460 | I6801 |
| 15 | Richard Hungerford | I8719 |
Matches 1 to 6 of 6
| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Death |
Person ID | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary Berkeley | 18 Jul 1628 | I17563 |
| 2 | Sir Anthony Hungerford | 18 Nov 1558 | I17613 |
| 3 | Sir Anthony Hungerford Sir Anthony Hungerford, Knight | 1653 | I6744 |
| 4 | Jane Hungerford | 29 Jan 1652 | I6722 |
| 5 | Sir John Hungerford Sir John Hungerford, Knight | Bef 27 Aug 1524 | I6801 |
| 6 | Knight Batchelor Sir John Hungerford | 18 Mar 1634 | I17562 |
Matches 1 to 1 of 1
| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Burial |
Person ID | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jane Hungerford | 3 Feb 1652 | I6722 |
Matches 1 to 2 of 2
| Family |
Marriage |
Family ID | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Higford / Hungerford | Abt 1485 | F2261 |
| 2 | Hungerford / Langley | Abt 1488 | F2845 |
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