Hopton Wafers [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Hopton Wafers
Hopton Wafers is a small village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. The population of the public parish at the 2011 census was 753. It is located on the A4117 road to the west of the market town of Cleobury Mortimer.
Its unusual-sounding name is derived from Old English "hop" (a side valley running off a larger valley, originally from a Celtic word) and "tun" (farm or settlement), along with the name of Robert de Wafre, an early
holder of the manor.
A post-medieval glassworks was located in Hopton Wafers which produced glass in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The village church, St Michael and All Angels, was built in 1825: a Norman church had previously stood on the site, but had become dilapidated. The works were funded by Thomas Botfield, who had purchased the manor in 1812.
There is a pub in the village, named "The Crown at Hopton".
The county's last remaining emergency escape lane (