Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Hampton Lucy, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village stands on the river Avon, 4 miles NE by E of Stratford-on-Avon, and has a post office under Warwick; money order and telegraph office, Wellesbourne. The parish includes also the hamlet of Ingon. Acreage, 3160; population of the civil parish, 395; of the ecclesiastical, 454. 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. A good cast-iron bridge over the Avon is situated here. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £875 with residence. Patron, the Lord of the Manor. The church is a splendid edifice in the Decorated style of the 14th century; was mainly rebuilt in 1826, from a fund left by a rector's widow; in 1858 an apse from designs by Sir Gilbert Scott was added, and it underwent further improvements in 1863. It has beautifully carved open seats in the nave, exquisitely carved oak stalls, two beautiful painted windows in the chancel, five very fine large windows with painted designs in the apse, a fine oak pulpit on a stone base, and a brass eagle lectern. At Ingon is a chapel of ease.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Hampton Lucy:

Most of the records prior to 1911 have been digitised and are available on Ancestry.co.uk

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Hampton Lucy from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hampton-Lucy, or Bishop's-Hampton (St. Peter))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Hampton Lucy are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Warwickshire papers online:

• Leamington Spa Courier

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Warwickshire 1619 is available on the Heraldry page.