Ampton, a village and a parish in Suffolk, 4 1/2 miles N of Bury St Edmunds, and 3/4 of a mile E by N of Ingham station on the G.E.R., with a post office under Bury St Edmunds, which is the money order office. There is a telegraph office at Ingham station. Acreage, 736; population, 136. Ampton Hall, a fine country seat of the Paley family, is situated in the midst of an extensive park. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net value, £140. The church is massively built of flints, with chantry and a short square tower. There are several brasses and ancient monuments.