Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOPTON-IN-THE-HOLE, or HOPTON-CANGEFORD

HOPTON-IN-THE-HOLE, or HOPTON-CANGEFORD, a parish in Ludlow district, Salop; 4 miles NE of Ludlow town and r. station. Post town, Ludlow. Acres, 562. Pop., 30. Houses, 6. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £90.* Patron, SirH. R. Boughton, Bart. The church is a recent brick edifice.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hopton Cangeford Parish       Ludlow Poor Law Union/Registration District       Shropshire Ancient County
Place names: HOPTON CANGEFORD     |     HOPTON IN THE HOLE     |     HOPTON IN THE HOLE OR HOPTON CANGEFORD
Place: Hopton Cangeford

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