Description
Hopton Castle, a village and a parish in Salop, on a branch of the river Clun, 1 mile W of Hopton Heath station on the Central Wales section of the L. & N.W.R., and 7 miles NE of Knighton. Post town, Aston-on-Clun (R.S.O.) Acreage, 2550; population, 115. A castle of the Cliffords stood here, was taken by storm in the civil wars of Charles L, and has left some traces. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; gross value, £376 with residence. The church was entirely rebuilt in 1870.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
