Hampton Lucy Explained

Hampton Lucy
Settlement Type:Village
Image Alt:Hampton Lucy signpost
Coordinates:52.2119°N -1.6261°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United Kingdom
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Warwickshire
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:566
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Postal Code:CV35

Hampton Lucy is a village and civil parish on the River Avon, 4miles northeast of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 566.[1]

History

The grammar school at Hampton Lucy was founded and endowed by the Rev. Richard Hill, curate of Hampton Lucy, in the 11th year of the reign of Charles I of England.[2] In 1867, the school had two departments; the upper department had some boarding school students who were each charged 8 pounds, 8 shillings per year.[3] The school closed and was replaced by the Hampton Lucy Grammar School Foundation, which is a charity providing educational grants to children and young persons residing in the parishes of Hampton Lucy, Charlecote, Wasperton or Alveston.

St Peter ad Vincula Church, Hampton Lucy is a Grade I listed building. Charlecote Mill, a Grade II* listed water mill, is nearby.

Notable people associated with the village are Charles Maries (1851–1902), the Victorian botanist who was born and educated at Hampton Lucy,[4] Sir Ian Wilmut OBE, the embryologist, who was born in Hampton Lucy on 7 July 1944, and Rev. Canon Osbert Mordaunt, a first-class cricketer who for twenty years was proprietor of the village public house and rector from 1874 to 1922,[5] who died in October 1923.[6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 28 December 2015.
  2. Book: History, gazetteer, and directory of Warwickshire. 779. Francis White & Co. 1850.
  3. Book: Reports from Commissioners: 1867–8. 1868. Thirteenth Volume.—Part XII. 703–704. Schools Inquiry Commission.
  4. Web site: The Life and Times of Charles Maries . Hampton Lucy village website . 14 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723142431/http://www.hamptonlucy.net/About/VEG/charlesmaries.html . 2011-07-23.
  5. Web site: The Peerage. 14 March 2013.
  6. [Windsor Star|Border Cities Star]
  7. Web site: A Parson-Publican. Mataura Ensign. 25 August 1898. 14 March 2013. Issue 476 page 4. National Library of New Zealand.