Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOPWOOD

HOPWOOD, a hamlet or yield in Alvechurch parish, Worcester; on the Worcester and Birmingham canal, 5½ miles NE of Bromsgrove. Pop., 204. The Westheath tunnel of the canal runs nearly 3 miles hence to the NE.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet or yield"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Alvechurch AP/CP       Worcestershire AncC
Place: Hopwood

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