Easthope

{{Short description|Village in Shropshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |static_image_name = Looking from St Peter, Easthope back to the village - geograph.org.uk - 1447531.jpg |static_image_caption = Looking from St Peter, Easthope towards the village |coordinates = {{coord|52.554|-2.642|display=inline,title}} |official_name = Easthope |label_position = bottom |population = |population_ref = |civil_parish = Easthope |unitary_england = Shropshire |lieutenancy_england = Shropshire |region = West Midlands |constituency_westminster= Ludlow |post_town = MUCH WENLOCK |postcode_district = TF13 |postcode_area = TF |dial_code = 01746 |os_grid_reference = SO564953 }}

'''Easthope''' is a small village and small civil parish in Shropshire, England.

Wenlock Edge passes through the parish, to the northwest of the village, along which is '''Easthope Wood'''. A hamlet with the same name (or spelled '''Easthopewood''') is on the other side of the Edge, within the parish.

Easthope gives its name to Easthope Road in the nearby town of Church Stretton, as a result of local property developer Ralph Beaumont Benson (1862–1911), who lived at Lutwyche Hall near the village. He was also responsible for the naming of Essex Road (after his wife, Caroline Essex Cholmondeley), Beaumont Road and Lutwyche Road, all in Church Stretton.<ref>Crowe and Raynor (2011) ''Church Stretton through the ages'' p 149</ref> He was the father of Stella Benson.

==See also== *Listed buildings in Easthope

==References== {{commons category|Easthope}} {{Reflist}}

Category:Civil parishes in Shropshire Category:Villages in Shropshire