Hope Bagot Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Hope Bagot Church.jpg
Static Image Caption:St John the Baptist church
Coordinates:52.362°N -2.605°W
Official Name:Hope Bagot
Label Position:top
Civil Parish:Hope Bagot
Unitary England:Shropshire
Lieutenancy England:Shropshire
Region:West Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Ludlow
Post Town:LUDLOW
Postcode District:SY8
Postcode Area:SY
Dial Code:01584
Os Grid Reference:SO588740

Hope Bagot is a hamlet and civil parish in Shropshire, England.

It is situated south of Cleehill and the parish is hilly in nature. The market town of Ludlow is 6miles away. The parish church in the hamlet[1] is St John the Baptist's Church, which is small and largely Norman in style.

It is a grade I listed building.[2]

The Hill (de Hull/de la Hall) family Court of Hill and Burford were associated with the settlement from the 1200s.

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Notes and References

  1. [Ordnance Survey]
  2. Web site: Church of St John the Baptist, Hope Bagot. British Listed Buildings . 27 January 2014.