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Hopton Wafers

village · Shropshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Hopton Wafers is a village named 'Hopton' (farmstead or village on the hill) with the addition of 'Wafers', likely referring to a family or landholder named Wafer who owned the manor.

Word origins

Hop
Old Englishsheltered valley, plain(from hop "enclosed space, valley")
ton
Old Englishfarmstead, village(from tun "enclosure, farmstead, village")
Wafers
Norman Frenchfamily name(from Wafre "family name")

Historical forms

Hopton · Hopton Wafre