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