HOPESAY, a village and a parish in Clun district, Salop. The village stands near the river Clun, 4 miles W by N of Craven-Arms r. station, and 5½ SE of BishopsCastle.—The parish contains also the township of Aston, with the head post office of Aston-on-Clun; likewise the townships of Barlow, Little Brampton, Carwood, and part of Broom and Rowton. Acres, 4, 060. Real property, £9, 361. Pop., 676. Houses, 142. The manor belongs to the Earl of Powis. There are vestiges of a Roman camp. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £603.* Patron, Rev. P. B. Adams. The church is ancient, and has a tower. There are a national school, and charities £15.

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