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{{Short description|Village in Staffordshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Hopwas
| country = England
| region = West Midlands
| static_image_name = Hopwas Village.jpg
| static_image_caption = School Lane in Hopwas
| static_image_alt = | os_grid_reference = SK175050
| coordinates = {{coord|52.642|-1.739|display=inline,title}}
| population = 1,016
| population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130653&c=Hopwas&d=16&e=62&g=6463692&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1449670834766&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref>
| post_town = TAMWORTH
| postcode_district = B78
| postcode_area= B
| dial_code= 01827
| constituency_westminster= [[Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Tamworth]]<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.parliament.uk/|title = United Kingdom Parliament|access-date = 18 September 2009}}</ref>
| civil_parish = [[Wigginton and Hopwas]]
| shire_district = [[Lichfield (district)|Lichfield]]
| shire_county = [[Staffordshire]]
}}

'''Hopwas''' is a village in [[Staffordshire]], England. It lies along the North West borders of [[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]] Borough (along the River Tame to the east and Dunstall Lane to the south of Hopwas) and {{convert|5|mi|0}} east of [[Lichfield]]. It is situated where the [[A51 road]] crosses both the [[River Tame, West Midlands|River Tame]] and the [[Coventry Canal]]. Although adjacent to the Borough of Tamworth, the village is part of the [[civil parish|parish]] of [[Wigginton and Hopwas]] within [[Lichfield (district)|Lichfield District]].

==History==
Hopwas is recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as follows: "The King holds Opewas; there are three hides; the arable land is six [[carucates]]. In [[demesne]] there is a mill of thirteen shillings and four pence rent; and eleven [[villein]]s and two [[Serfdom#Bordars and cottagers|bordar]]s employ five ploughs. Here are thirty acres of meadow, a wood six furlongs in length and three in breadth. The whole was valued aforetime and then at 40s."<ref name=ldc>{{Citation | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PhMwAAAAYAAJ&dq=hopwas&pg=PA144 | title = A Topographical History of Staffordshire - William Pitt | access-date = 23 August 2010| last1 = Pitt | first1 = William | year = 1817 }}</ref>

==Amenities==
[[Image:HopwasHayes1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Hopwas Hays Wood]]
North of Hopwas village is Hopwas Hays Wood, which consists of approximately 385 acres of ancient woodland, that was owned for many years by the [[Levett]] family of [[Wychnor Hall|Wychnor Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/HopwasHays/index.html|title = GENUKI: Hopwas Hays|date=17 October 2003}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mw9Mgl6AHr8C&dq=hopwas+levett&pg=PA359 Hopwas Haye, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Staffordshire, William White, 1834]</ref> A large part of the woodland is currently owned by [[Tarmac (company)|Tarmac]].

Tamworth Cricket and Hockey Club is based on Hints Road in Hopwas, where it also has a squash section.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamworthhockeyclub.org.uk/tamworth_squash_club |title=Tamworth Squash Club |publisher=Tamworth Hockey Club |access-date=20 October 2015}}</ref>

The village has a variety of clubs and societies including an active women's institute<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.hopwaswomensinstitute.btck.co.uk/|title = Hopwas WI|work = Hopwas WI WEbsite |access-date = 29 May 2011}}</ref> and book club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hopwasbookclub.wordpress.com|title=Hopwas Book Club|work=Hopwas Book Club Blog|access-date=29 May 2011}}</ref>

Hopwas is served by [[Arriva Midlands|Arriva]] bus servies 765 and X65 connecting to [[Lichfield]] and [[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]].

==Historic buildings==
Hopwas has a number of listed buildings, including cottages, a school house and the [[St Chad's Church, Hopwas|Parish Church of St Chad]].<ref name="listed">{{cite web|title = Listed Buildings in Wigginton parish|url = http://www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/downloads/WIGGINTON.pdf|access-date = 15 September 2009}}</ref> Of particular interest may be the canal bridge, a milepost, and the Hopwas Pumping Station.<ref name="listed"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://oldenginehouse.users.btopenworld.com/hop1.htm |title=The Hopwas beam engine |access-date=17 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705101512/http://oldenginehouse.users.btopenworld.com/hop1.htm |archive-date=5 July 2008 }}</ref>

Hopwas also possesses two historic [[public house]]s, the ''Red Lion'' and the ''Tame Otter'' (formerly the ''Chequers'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamworth-heritage-pubs.co.uk/ |title=Old Pubs & Old Ales |access-date=17 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107211148/http://www.tamworth-heritage-pubs.co.uk/ |archive-date=7 January 2010 }}</ref>

[[Lichfield transmitting station]], also known as Hopwas Mast, is nearby.

==Notable people from Hopwas==
*[[Guy N. Smith|Guy Newman Smith]] (born 1939), writer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/smith.htm |title=Literary Heritage - West Midlands: Guy N. Smith |date=January 2003 |access-date=17 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423222957/http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/smith.htm |archive-date=23 April 2008 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Wigginton and Hopwas]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Hopwas}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091027180429/http://uk.geocities.com/hopwaswoods/ Friends of Hopwas Woods]
* [http://www.hopwaswomensinstitute.btck.co.uk/ Hopwas WI]
* [http://hopwasbookclub.wordpress.com/ Hopwas Bookclub]
{{Civil Parishes of Lichfield}}

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[[Category:Lichfield District]]
[[Category:Villages in Staffordshire]]
[[Category:Forests and woodlands of Staffordshire]]

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