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Hope Bagot

Coordinates: 52°21′43″N 2°36′18″W / 52.362°N 2.605°W / 52.362; -2.605
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Hope Bagot
St John the Baptist church
Hope Bagot is located in Shropshire
Hope Bagot
Hope Bagot
Location within Shropshire
OS grid referenceSO588740
Civil parish
  • Hope Bagot
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLUDLOW
Postcode districtSY8
Dialling code01584
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
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Shropshire
52°21′43″N 2°36′18″W / 52.362°N 2.605°W / 52.362; -2.605

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 6.0 miles (9.7 km) away.

The parish church in the hamlet[1] is St John the Baptist's Church, which is small and largely Norman in style.[2]

It is a grade I listed building.[3]

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ordnance Survey mapping
  2. ^ Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Shropshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 305, ISBN 0-300-12083-4
  3. ^ "Church of St John the Baptist, Hope Bagot". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 27 January 2014.