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Hopesay is a small village, and civil parish, in south Shropshire, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 561.
The name 'Hopesay' derives from "Hope de Say", the valley of Picot de Say, a Norman baron who held the 
The village has an active community though in recent decades has suffered from depopulation, leading to the closure of both the village shop and Post office, and the school (closed in 1989).
Within the parish lies the larger village of
manor
Manor may refer to:
Land ownership
*Manorialism or "manor system", the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of medieval Europe, notably England
*Lord of the manor, the owner of an agreed area of land (or "manor") under manorialism
*Man ...
of neighbouring Sibdon Carwood
Sibdon Carwood is a hamlet and small parish in Shropshire, England. To its east is the small market town of Craven Arms.
Etymology and history
The place is occasionally written simply with the first part of the name, which has been spelt variou ...
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.
The 13th-century church of St Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...
, restored c.1880, is a Grade I listed building.
The village has an active community though in recent decades has suffered from depopulation, leading to the closure of both the village shop and Post office, and the school (closed in 1989).
Within the parish lies the larger village of Aston on Clun
Aston on Clun is a village in south Shropshire, England.
It lies near to the River Clun, with the brook from Hopesay flowing through the village itself, and is on the B4368 road between the towns of Clun and Craven Arms. The village of Broome ...
, and the village of Broome which has a railway station on the Heart of Wales Line. The hamlet of Basford, in the north of the parish, straddles the boundary with Edgton
Edgton is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is also an ecclesiastical parish and a chapelry. It lies in a rather remote and very rural area, south of the River Onny. The nearest market towns are Bishop's Castle, Crav ...
parish.
The writer and adventurer Vivienne de Watteville (Vivienne Goschen) is buried at Hopesay.Perrin, Jim, ''Shipton and Tilman'' (London, 2013), p.115
See also
*Listed buildings in Hopesay
Hopesay is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 27 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, and the others are at Grade ...
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