Hopton Castle, Shropshire
Historical Description
Hopton Castle, a village and a parish in Salop, on a branch of the river Clun, 1 mile W of Hopton Heath station on the Central Wales section of the L. & N.W.R., and 7 miles NE of Knighton. Post town, Aston-on-Clun (R.S.O.) Acreage, 2550; population, 115. A castle of the Cliffords stood here, was taken by storm in the civil wars of Charles L, and has left some traces. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; gross value, £376 with residence. The church was entirely rebuilt in 1870.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Salop | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Castle Hopton St. Mary | |
Hundred | Purslow | |
Poor Law union | Clun | |
Registration district | Clun | 1837 - 2005 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the Shropshire Archives have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Hopton Castle
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Hopton Castle from 1837 to 2005 you should search for the Clun Registration District.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Hopton Castle from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hopton, Castle (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Shropshire (Salop) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Hopton Castle are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Shropshire newspapers online:
- Shrewsbury Chronicle
- Wellington Journal
- Eddowes's Journal, and General Advertiser for Shropshire, and the Principality of Wales
- Ludlow Advertiser
- Salopian Journal
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.