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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 894 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AMPTHILL , a See also:

market See also:town in the See also:northern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Bedfordshire, See also:England, 44 M. N.N.W. of See also:London by the Midland railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 2177. It lies on the See also:southern slope of a See also:low range of hills, in a well-wooded district. The See also:church of St See also:Andrew ranges in date from See also:Early See also:English to Perpendicular. It contains a See also:monument to See also:Richard See also:Nicolls (1624-1672), who, under the patronage of the See also:duke of See also:York, See also:brother to See also:Charles II., to whom the See also:king had granted the Dutch See also:North See also:American See also:colony of New Netherland, received the submission of its See also:chief town, New See also:Amsterdam, in 1664, and became its first English See also:governor, the town taking the name of New York. Nicolls perished in the See also:action between the English and Dutch fleets at Solebay, and the See also:ball which killed him is preserved on his See also:tomb. See also:Houghton See also:Park, in the vicinity, contains the ruins of Houghton See also:House, built by See also:Mary, countess of See also:Pembroke, in the See also:time of See also:James I. To this countess See also:Sir See also:Philip See also:Sidney dedicated the See also:Arcadia. Ampthill Park became in 1818 the seat of that See also:Lord See also:Holland in whose time Holland House, in- See also:Kensington, London, became famous as a resort of the most distinguished intellectual society. In the park a See also:cross marks the site of Ampthill See also:Castle, the See also:residence of See also:Catherine of See also:Aragon while her See also:divorce from See also:Henry VIII. was pending. A commemorative inscription on the cross was written by See also:Horace See also:Walpole.

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Brewing, See also:straw-plaiting and See also:lace-making are carried on in Ampthill.

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