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HOPTON, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"HOPTON, a township in the parish and hundred of Wirksworth, county Derby, 2 miles S.W. of Wirksworth, 7 N.E. of Ashbourne, and 4½ S.W. of Cromford railway station. Hopton formerly belonged to Sir John Gell, Bart., the parliamentary commander, and who resided at Hopton Hall. Here are almshouses for four poor persons, endowed by Sir Philip Gell, Bart., in 1719, with an annuity of £22 6s. derived from his manor called Griff Grange. A Roman inscription, urns, &c., have been found here. Stone of excellent quality is quarried to a considerable extent, and some of the inhabitants are employed in the lead mines."

"GRIFF GRANGE, an extra-parochial place in the hundred of Wirksworth, county Derby, in the vicinity of Wirksworth. [The place-names of Derbyshire groups it with Hopton -RL 2003]"

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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