A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Hoppen from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "HOPPEN, a township in Bambrough parish, Northumberland; 4¼ miles SE by E of Belford. Acres: 234. Population: 26. Houses: 6. The property belongs to W. Pawson, Esq."
Hoppen was a township in the ancient parish of Bamburgh. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. Hoppen ceased to be a civil parish in 1888. It was absorbed into the parish of Lucker.
Research Tips
- Northumberland Archives previously known as Northumberland Collections Service and Northumberland County Record Office. Now based within Woodhorn Museum in Ashington and providing free access to numerous records for local and family historians alike.
- Full postal address: Museum and Northumberland Archives, Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9YF; Phone: 01670 624455
- There is a branch office in Berwick upon Tweed.
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