Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire

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.