Description
Hopton, a township in Wirksworth parish, Derbyshire, 2 miles W by S of Wirksworth station on the M.R. Acreage, 1450; population, 99. Hopton Hall was the seat of Sir John Gell, who figured as a Parliamentarian leader in the wars of Charles I. Good building limestone is extensively quarried, and formed the material of Chatsworth House and Belvoir Castle. Lead ore also occurs. Roman relics, including an inscription and an urn, have been found. Almshouses with, £22 a year were founded in 1719 by Sir Philip Gell.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
