Easthope

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Easthope
Location within Shropshire
OS grid reference SO564953
Civil parish
  • Easthope
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MUCH WENLOCK
Postcode district TF13
Dialling code 01746
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52°33′14″N2°38′31″W / 52.554°N 2.642°W / 52.554; -2.642

Easthope is a small village and small civil parish in Shropshire, England.

Wenlock Edge passes through the parish, to the northwest of the village, along which is Easthope Wood. A hamlet with the same name (or spelled Easthopewood) is on the other side of the Edge, within the parish.

Easthope gives its name to Easthope Road in the nearby town of Church Stretton, as a result of local property developer Ralph Beaumont Benson (1862–1911), who lived at Lutwyche Hall near the village. He was also responsible for the naming of Essex Road (after his wife, Caroline Essex Cholmondeley), Beaumont Road and Lutwyche Road, all in Church Stretton. [1] He was the father of Stella Benson.

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References

  1. Crowe and Raynor (2011) Church Stretton through the ages p 149