HAMPNETT, a parish in the hundred of BRADLEY,
county of GLOUCESTER, 1 mile (N.W. by N.) from
North Leach, containing 121 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, with which that of Stowell wasunited in 1660,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester, rated in
the king's books at A10, and in the patronage of Lord
Stowell. The church, dedicated to St. George, is principally
in the early style of English architecture. A
brook rises in this parish, which gives name to the
adjoining town of North Leach. The old Fosse-way
passes along the south-eastern boundary.