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Research on Hopton Court Tunnel and Spring
Two items of potential interest have come to light during a survey of the upper course of Hopton Brook, on the east flank of the Clee Hill, in Hopton Wafers Parish. From 1803, Hopton Court was the home of Thomas Botfield. He was part of a family of East Shropshire coal and iron masters who owned Old Park iron works; his father had taken over most of the mines on the eastern part of the Clee Hill in 1780 and Thomas continued to work them for all of his life. On his death in 1843 the estate passed to his nephew Beriah, who became the MP for Ludlow1. The current owner of the Hopton Estate is a descendant of the Botfields.