Hopwas

Other current and historical names

Opewas

Built-Up Area: Hopwas
Parish/Community: Wigginton and Hopwas
District/Borough: Lichfield
County: Staffordshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°38'24"N 1°44'38"W
Eastings/Northings: 417411, 304727
OS Grid: SK174047
Mapcode Local: GBR 4FB.HVT
Mapcode Global: WHCGX.5WQZ

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Hopwas within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Hopwas in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Hopwas, vil., in Tamworth bor., E. Staffordshire.

Hopwas in the Domesday Book

A village in Offlow hundred, in the county of Staffordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Woodland: 6 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 13/2½

British Place Names

Hopwas, Staffordshire

Hopwas is a village in Staffordshire

Hopwas in historic gazetteers

Hopwas in the Domesday Book