What is Ampthill?
{{infobox UK place |country = England |static_image_name= Ampthill market place.jpg |static_image_caption= Ampthill town centre with clock tower (1852) and market place |latitude= 52.0263 |longitude=-0.4906 |official_name =Ampthill |civil_parish = Ampthill | population = 6,767 | population_ref = <ref>{{cite web | publisher = [[Office for National Statistics]] | url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=791885&c=Ampthill&d=16&e=15&g=422755&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1202157130281&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 | title = Neighbourhood Statistics - Ampthill (CP) Parish | access-date = 2008-02-04 | archive-date = 2011-05-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110525210323/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=791885&c=Ampthill&d=16&e=15&g=422755&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1202157130281&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 | url-status = dead }}</ref> |unitary_england= [[Central Bedfordshire]] |lieutenancy_england = [[Bedfordshire]] |region=East of England |constituency_westminster= [[Mid Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Bedfordshire]] |post_town= BEDFORD |postcode_district = MK45 |postcode_area= MK |dial_code= 01525 |os_grid_reference= TL035375 }} '''Ampthill''' is a small [[town]] and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in [[Bedfordshire]], [[England]], between [[Bedford]] and [[Luton]]. About 6000 people live in the town. A regular [[market]] has taken place on Thursdays for more than 700 years. ==History== The name 'Ampthill' comes from an [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] word, 'Aemethyll', which means either 'ant-heap' or 'ant infested hill'. In the [[Domesday Book]], Ampthill is called 'Ammetelle', with the landholder in 1086 being Nigel de la Vast. In 1242, King [[Henry III of England|Henry III]] gave Ampthill the right to hold a market on Thursdays. The Thursday markets are still held. [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] often visited Ampthill Castle. [[Katherine of Aragon]] lived at the castle from 1531 until