Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire Family History Guide

Hampton Lucy is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.

Alternative names: Bishop’s Hampton

Other places in the parish include: Ingon, Hunscot.

Status: Ancient Parish

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1556
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603

Nonconformists include:

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Hampton Lucy

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HAMPTON-LUCY, a village and a parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwick. The village stands on the river Avon, 4 miles NE by E of Stratford-on-Avon r. station; and has a post office under Warwick.

The parish includes also the hamlet of Ingon. Acres, 3,050. Real property, £6,694. Pop., 435. Houses, 94. The property is divided among a few.

The manor belonged anciently to the bishops of Worcester, and then bore the name of Bishops Hampton; but was given, by Queen Mary, to the Lucy family, and then took the name of Hampton Lucy. An elegant cast iron bridge was recently constructed here over the Avon.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £1,346. Patron, Henry S. Lucy, Esq. The church is a splendid edifice, in the decorated style of the 14th century; was mainly built in 1826, from a fund left by a rector’s widow; acquired a highly decorated apsis in 1858; underwent further improvements in 1863-4; is computed to have cost about £20,000; has beautifully carved open seats in the nave, exquisitely carved oak stalls, and two elegant painted windows in the chancel-and five very fine large windows, with painted designs in the apsis; and contains a fine oak pulpit on a stone base, and a brass eagle lectern.

An endowed grammar school has £118 a year, with two exhibitions at Magdalene college, Oxford; and other charities have £25.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Hampton-Lucy, or Bishops-Hampton, 3½ miles N.E. Stratford-on-Avon. P. 458.

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Hunscot

The History Topography and Directory of Warwickshire 1830

Hunscot, – is a small hamlet in the parish of Hampton Lucy, in which its population is included.

Source: The History Topography and Directory of Warwickshire 1830. Wm. West. Printed and Published by R. Wrightson, Athenaeum, New-Street; and sold by Baldwin and Craddock, and Hurst, Chance and Co., London. 1830.

Parish Registers

Marriages Out of Parish

Details	Place of Marriage
George Walford, of Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire, b., & Francis Vinn, of S. L., s., lic. 13 July 1807	South Littleton, Worcestershire
Thomas Sassy, p. Hampton Lucy, butcher, & Mary Penn, servant, of F. C. 24 May 1703	Fenny Compton

Parish Records

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Maps

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Administration

County: Warwickshire
Civil Registration District: Stratford on Avon
Probate Court:
Diocese: Worcester
Rural Deanery: Kineton
Poor Law Union: Stratford on Avon
Hundred: Barlinchway
Province: Canterbury