HOPE-BAGGOT, a parish in the hundred of
STOTTESDEN, county of SALOP, 6 miles (E. by S.) from
Ludlow, containing 71 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese
of Hereford, rated in the king's books at £ 3. 6. 8.,
and endowed with £200 royal bounty. The Marquis of
Cleveland was patron in 1817. The church is dedicated
to St. John the Baptist.