Easthope Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Looking from St Peter, Easthope back to the village - geograph.org.uk - 1447531.jpg
Static Image Caption:Looking from St Peter, Easthope towards the village
Coordinates:52.554°N -2.642°W
Official Name:Easthope
Label Position:bottom
Civil Parish:Easthope
Unitary England:Shropshire
Lieutenancy England:Shropshire
Region:West Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Ludlow
Post Town:MUCH WENLOCK
Postcode District:TF13
Postcode Area:TF
Dial Code:01746
Os Grid Reference:SO564953

Easthope is a small village and small civil parish in Shropshire, England.

Wenlock Edge passes through the parish, to the northwest of the village, along which is Easthope Wood. A hamlet with the same name (or spelled Easthopewood) is on the other side of the Edge, within the parish.

Easthope gives its name to Easthope Road in the nearby town of Church Stretton, as a result of local property developer Ralph Beaumont Benson (1862–1911), who lived at Lutwyche Hall near the village. He was also responsible for the naming of Essex Road (after his wife, Caroline Essex Cholmondeley), Beaumont Road and Lutwyche Road, all in Church Stretton.[1] He was the father of Stella Benson.

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Notes and References

  1. Crowe and Raynor (2011) Church Stretton through the ages p 149