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From: "Julie Preston" <>
Subject: Re: new member's introduction
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 09:39:02 -0500

Stuart,

I have no HOPTON ancestry -- curiosity led me to look for the name in
"Surnames of Wales" -- no listing for HOPTON as a "Welsh" surname. Possibly
it's origin is the parish of Hopton Castle in Shropshire, quite near the RAD
border.

Best regards,

Julie Preston


-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Moverley <>
To: Powys mailing list <>
Date: Friday, April 03, 1998 2:55 AM
Subject: new member's introduction

>Hello folks,
>
>A few lines of introduction and my Powys interests.As you can
>see,my name is Stuart Moverley and I'm from Plymouth down in
>Devon (which is in the far south-west of England for those of you
>not familiar with the place).
>I'm chasing the surname of HOPTON in Radnorshire,having got
>back as far as Walter Hopton marrying Mary Ball at Old Radnor
>in 1747.The clan seem to have had long standing connections
>with the Old Radnor area for many years along with associated
>nearby places of Burlingjobb,Evenjobb,Newcastle,Stanner & Walton.
>Some of them also 'popped' across the border into Herefordshire.
>If anyone has connections with the HOPTON family,I'd be pleased
>to hear from you
>
>
>Stuart Moverley
>Plymouth,Devon,UK.
>
>
>Stuart's HomePage is at http://www.btinternet.com/~sfmov
>
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