Ampthill
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Ampthill is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It lies between Bedford and Luton. At the 2021 census it had a population of 8,825.
Ampthill town centre with clock tower (1852) and market place
Thatched cottages in Woburn Street, Ampthill. Built 1812–16
Park Lodge: Town Council offices
Old Court House, 29b Church Street
Richard Nicolls
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Richard Nicolls was an English military officer and colonial administrator who served as the first governor of the Province of New York from 1664 to 1668.
Ampthill
…Flitwick to Luton Airport Parkway railway stations. The church of St Andrew ranges in date from Early English to Perpendicular. It contains a monument to Richard Nicolls (1624–1672), an Ampthill native, who, under the patronage of the Duke of York, brother to Charles II, to whom the king had granted the Dutch North…
NIEUW AMSTERDAM OFTE NUE NIEUW IORX OPT TEYLANT MAN by Johannes Vingboons (1664), an early picture of Nieuw Amsterdam made in the year when it was conquered by the English under Richard Nicolls.