Hampton Lucy
Hampton Lucy is a village and civil parish on the River Avon, 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 566.[1]
Prominent residents
- Charles Maries (1851–1902), the Victorian botanist was born and educated at Hampton Lucy.[2]
- Sir Ian Wilmut OBE, the embryologist, was born in Hampton Lucy on 7 July 1944.
Rev.Canon Osbert Mordaunt,for twenty years proprietor of the village public-house at Hampton Lucy. Rector from 1874 to 1922.[3] Died in October 1923[4] [5]
Hampton Lucy Grammar School
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.[6] 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.[7] 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, Charlecotte, Wasperton or Alveston.
References
New York Times,July 14,1898,August 25,1898.
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ↑ "The Life and Times of Charles Maries". Hampton Lucy village website. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ "The Peerage". Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ Border Cities Star - Oct 22, 1923
- ↑ "A Parson-Publican". Mataura Ensign. Issue 476 page 4. National Library of New Zealand. 25 August 1898. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ History, gazetteer, and directory of Warwickshire. Francis White & Co. 1850. p. 779.
- ↑ Reports from Commissioners: 1867–8. Thirteenth Volume.—Part XII. Schools Inquiry Commission. 1868. pp. 703–704.
External links
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- "Hampton Lucy Village website". Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- grid reference SP255571
Coordinates: 52°12′42″N 1°37′42″W / 52.21153°N 1.62822°W