Hopton Wafers
Coordinates: 52°23′06″N 2°32′02″W / 52.385°N 2.534°W
Hopton Wafers is a small village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. It is located on the A4117 road to the west of the market town of Cleobury Mortimer.
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, named The Crown at Hopton.[3]
The county's last remaining emergency escape lane (a sand trap for vehicles unable to brake) was removed in 2014 after being deemed both obsolete and potentially dangerous; it was located at the foot of Hopton Bank (on the A4117).[4]
The 2L bus service (Ludlow-Bewdley-Kidderminster) provides regular public buses Monday to Saturday.[5]
References
- ↑ Gelling and Foxall, The place-names of Shropshire, Volume 1, English Place-Name Society, 1990, p.159
- ↑ Cleobury Benefice Hopton Wafers
- ↑ The Crown at Hopton
- ↑ Shropshire Star Shropshire motorists put faith in brakes as escape lane reaches end of road (21 May 2014)
- ↑ Worcestershire bus info 2L route
External links
Media related to Hopton Wafers at Wikimedia Commons
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