Hopton Wafers

Hopton Wafers is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, near to Kidderminster. Its unusual-sounding name is derived from Old English hop (a side valley running off a larger valley, originally from a Celtic word) and tun (farm or settlement), along with the name of Robert de Wafre, an early holder of the manor.[1]

The village church, St Michael and All Angels, was built in 1825: a Norman church had previously stood on the site, but had become dilapidated. The works were funded by Thomas Botfield, who had purchased the manor in 1812.[2]

There is a pub in the village, the Crown.[3]

References

  1. ^ Gelling and Foxall, The place-names of Shropshire, Volume 1, English Place-Name Society, 1990, p.159
  2. ^ [Hopton Wafers http://cleoburybenefice.org/hopton_wafers.shtml], Cleobury Benefice
  3. ^ [1]

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