Place:Hopesay, Shropshire, England

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Hopesay is a small village, and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. The population of the parish was 561 at the 2011 UK census.

The name 'Hopesay' derives from "Hope de Say", the valley of Picot de Say, a Norman baron who held the manor of neighbouring Sibdon Carwood and whose power base was the nearby Clun Castle. Though most of the Norman influence has been lost, the church tower does date back to Norman times.

Within the parish lies the larger village of Aston on Clun, and the village of Broome which has a railway station on the Heart of Wales Line.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Hopesay from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"HOPESAY, a village and a parish in Clun [registration] district, Salop. The village stands near the river Clun, 4 miles W by N of Craven-Arms [railway] station, and 5½ SE of Bishop's 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. Population: 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."

NOTE: Broom and Rowton has been redirected to Clungunford in which it was also situated.

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