Hopton Wafers
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 St Michael and All Angels Church, Hopton Wafers |
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| Population | 753 (2011) |
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| OS grid reference | SO636765 |
| Civil parish | Hopton Wafers |
| Unitary authority | Shropshire |
| Ceremonial county | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KIDDERMINSTER |
| Postcode district | DY14 |
| Dialling code | 01299 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Ludlow |
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Coordinates: 52°23′06″N 2°32′02″W / 52.385°N 2.534°W
Hopton Wafers is a small village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. The population of the public parish at the 2011 census was 753.[1] It is located on the A4117 road to the west of the market town of Cleobury Mortimer.
Its unusual-sounding name is derived from Old English hop (a side valley running off a larger valley, originally from a Celtic word) and tun (farm or settlement), along with the name of Robert de Wafre, an early holder of the manor.[2]
A post-medieval glassworks was located in Hopton Wafers which produced glass in the 17th and 18th centuries.[3]
The village church, St Michael and All Angels, was built in 1825: a Norman church had previously stood on the site, but had become dilapidated. The works were funded by Thomas Botfield, who had purchased the manor in 1812.[4]
There is a pub in the village, named The Crown at Hopton.[5]
The county's last remaining emergency escape lane (a sand trap for vehicles unable to brake) was removed in 2014 after being deemed both obsolete and potentially dangerous; it was located at the foot of Hopton Bank (on the A4117).[6]
The 2L bus service (Ludlow-Bewdley-Kidderminster) provides regular public buses Monday to Saturday.[7]
References
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- ↑ Gelling and Foxall, The place-names of Shropshire, Volume 1, English Place-Name Society, 1990, p.159
- ↑ http://search.shropshirehistory.org.uk/collections/getrecord/CCS_MSA3731/
- ↑ Cleobury Benefice Hopton Wafers
- ↑ The Crown at Hopton
- ↑ Shropshire Star Shropshire motorists put faith in brakes as escape lane reaches end of road (21 May 2014)
- ↑ Worcestershire bus info 2L route
External links
Media related to Hopton Wafers at Wikimedia Commons
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