Hopton, Derbyshire

Hopton, Derbyshire

Infobox UK place
country = England
static_

static_image_caption=
latitude = 53.077
longitude = -1.617
map_type = Derbyshire
official_name = Hopton
population =
shire_district = Derbyshire Dales
shire_county = Derbyshire
region = East Midlands
constituency_westminster =
post_town = MATLOCK
postcode_district = DE4
postcode_area = DE
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = SK257532

Hopton is a Hamlet in the English county of Derbyshire.

It is south west of Wirksworth and at the northern end of Carsington Water.

The village had a long association with the Gell family who had extensive lead mining interests in the Wirksworth area and lived at Hopton Hall. (See who was a famous archaeologist.

The famous Hopton Incline of the Cromford and High Peak Railway, (now disused and part of the High Peak Trail and new Pennine Bridleway), is about 1 mile North of the village.

External links

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