Amport, a parish in Hants, 1 1/2 mile from Weyhill and 4 1/2 miles from Andover stations on the L. & S.W.R. It includes the tithings of Sarson and East Cholderton. It has a post and money order office under Andover; telegraph office, Weyhill. Acreage, 3963; population, 603. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Winchester, and has descended to him from the Norman house of De Port, the common ancestors of the Paulets and the St Johns. Amport House, the seat of the Marquis, built in 1857, in the Tudor style, after designs by Mr Burns, stands in a pleasant undulating park much marked with single trees. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £630. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Chichester. The church is chiefly in the Late Decorated style, with a central tower. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel. There are also an endowed elementary school and almshouses.
