Hampton Lucy

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Hampton Lucy from Charlecote Park, dominated by the St. Peter ad Vincula parish church

Hampton Lucy is a village and civil parish on the River Avon, 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire.

Prominent residents

  • Charles Maries (1851–1902), the Victorian botanist was born and educated at Hampton Lucy.[1]
  • 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.[2] Died in October 1923[3] [4]


References

New York Times,July 14,1898,August 25,1898.

  1. "The Life and Times of Charles Maries". Hampton Lucy village website. Retrieved 14 March 2013. 
  2. "The Peerage". Retrieved 14 March 2013. 
  3. Border Cities Star - Oct 22, 1923
  4. "A Parson-Publican". Mataura Ensign. Issue 476 page 4. National Library of New Zealand. 25 August 1898. Retrieved 14 March 2013. 

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Coordinates: 52°12′42″N 1°37′42″W / 52.21153°N 1.62822°W / 52.21153; -1.62822


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