In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hopton Cangeford like this:
HOPTON-IN-THE-HOLE, or HOPTON-CANGEFORD, a parish in Ludlow district, Salop; 4 miles NE of Ludlow town and r. station. Post town, Ludlow. Acres, 562. Pop., 30. Houses, 6. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £90.* Patron, SirH. R. Boughton, Bart. The church is a recent brick edifice.
Hopton Cangeford through time
Hopton Cangeford is now part of South Shropshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Shropshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hopton Cangeford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hopton Cangeford in South Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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