HOPTON CASTLE, a parish, with a village, in Clun district, Salop; on a branch of the river Clun, 2½ miles NNW of Hopton Heath r. station, and 7 NE of Knighton. Post town, Aston-on-Clun, Shropshire. Acres, 2, 552. Rated property, £1, 768. Pop., 138. Houses, 28. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to T. Beale, Esq. A castle of the Cliffords stood here; was taken by storm in the civil wars of Charles I.; and has left some traces. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £238.* Patron, T. Beale, Esq. The church is ancient; was recently in disrepair; and contains several monuments.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))