HAMPTON LUCY - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"HAMPTON LUCY, (or Bishop's Hampton), a parish in the Snitterfield division of the hundred of Barlichway, county Warwick, 4 miles N.E. of Stratford-upon-Avon. Warwick is its post town. It is situated on the banks of the river Avon, over which is an iron bridge. It contains the hamlet of Ingon, and formerly belonged to the bishops of Worcester, from whom it derived its original name "Bishop's Hampton". It was afterwards given by Queen Mary to the Lucy family; hence its present name. The village is situated on the road from Stratford to Warwick, which passes through the parish.

The surface is undulating and well wooded, and the land chiefly arable. There are some rich meadow lands on the banks of the Avon. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Worcester, value £1,147. The church, dedicated to St. Peter was rebuilt in 1826, and has been enlarged by the Rev. J. Lucy. In the interior is an apse of remarkable beauty, having some fine windows, representing the principal events in the life of St. Peter; also two painted windows in the chancel. The charities produce about £163 per annum, of which £118 goes to Hill's free school, with four scholarships at Magdalen Hall, Oxon. This school is free for the education of boys of the parishes of Hampton Lucy, Charlecote, Alveston, and Wasperton. The Rev. J. Lucy is lord of the manor.

"INGON, a hamlet in the parish of Hampton-Lucy, county Warwick, 1 mile N. of Stratford-on-Avon. The principal residence is Ingon Hall. This property once belonged to Shakespeare's mother."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]