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.
Parish church: St Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1678
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660
Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist and Primitive Methodist.
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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 Registers
Hopesay Parish Registers 1660 to 1837
Parish Records
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Poll Books
Hopesay Shropshire Poll Book 1865
Below are the names of those that voted in the election of July 1865 between Col. The Hon. P. E. Herbert, Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bart., and R. Jasper More, Esq.
Poll Book of the Election, July 1865 for the Southern Division of Shropshire.
Clun Polling District
Hopesay, Parish of
2130 Adams Philip Birt
2131 Baxter James, see 362
2132 Beddell William
2133 Bluck George
2134 Bright George
2135 Cadwallader John
2136 Evans William
2137 Griffiths Samuel
2138 Jacks Edward
2139 Jones William
2140 Marston Richard
2141 Merrell Alfred
2142 Morris Thomas
2143 Owen George
2144 Pugh John, dead
2145 Robinson Richard
2146 Sandford, Rev. Folliot, dead
2147 Shingler Hugh, dead
2148 Thomas John
2149 Turner Edward
2150 Urwick John
2151 Weyman John
2152 Williams Thomas
2153 Beale Theodore
2154 Beale Thomas Salway
2155 Middleton Thomas, see 2002
2156 Tanner Edward
2157 Wellings William
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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