Hopesay, Shropshire Family History Guide
Hopesay is an Ancient Parish in the county of Shropshire.
Other places in the parish include: Sibton Carwood, Little Brompton, Little Brampton, Carwood, Broom and Rowton, Barlow, and Aston.
Status: Ancient Parish
Parish church: St Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1678
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660
Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist and Primitive Methodist.
Parishes adjacent to Hopesay
Historical Descriptions
Hopesay
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
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 Bishops Castle. 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.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Hope-Say, a parish in Purslow hund., union of Clun, Shropshire; 5½ miles south-east by east of Bishop’s-Castle, on the river Clun. Living, a rectory in the archd. of Salop and dio. of Hereford; rated at £16 12s. 6d.; gross income £628. Patron, in 1835, the Rev. J. Hardinge. Here is a daily school, endowed with £2 10s. per annum. Other charities, in 1820, £12 per annum. Poor rates, in 1838, £342 6s. Acres 3,010. Houses 121. A. P. £3,548. Pop., in 1801, 469; in 1831, 571.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Hopesay Barlow &c. A parish in the Stow division of the hundred of Purslow, a rectory, in the diocese of Hereford, the deanery of Clun, and archdeaconry of Salop. 100 houses, 612 inhabitants. 5 ½ miles south-east of Bishopscastle.
Source: The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with Plates. Printed and Published by T. Gregory, Wem, 1824
Aston
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Aston. A township in the parish of Hopesay, and in the Stow division of the hundred of Purslow. 8 miles south-east of Bishopscastle.
Source: The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with Plates. Printed and Published by T. Gregory, Wem, 1824
Parish Records
Poll Books
Hopesay Shropshire Poll Book 1865
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
County: Shropshire
Civil Registration District: Clun
Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
Diocese: Hereford
Rural Deanery: Clun
Poor Law Union: Clun
Hundred: Purslow
Province: Canterbury
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