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HOPTON (Monk), a village and a parish in Bridgnorth district, Salop. The village stands 4½ miles S of Much-Wenlock r. station, and 7 W by N of Bridgnorth; and has a post office under Bridgnorth.—The parish comprises 2, 208 acres. Real property, £1, 623. Pop., 175. Houses, 33. The surface is undulating. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £56. Patron, Lord Wenlock. The church was recently rebuilt.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Monkhopton Parish Bridgnorth Poor Law Union/Registration District Shropshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | HOPTON | HOPTON MONK | MONK HOPTON |
| Place: | Monkhopton |
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