Hampton Lucy
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. 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]
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.
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
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