{{Short description|Hamlet in Derbyshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|52.92|-1.35|display=inline,title}} | map_type = Derbyshire | official_name = Hopwell | population = 33 | population_ref = (2011) | shire_district = Erewash | shire_county = Derbyshire | region = East Midlands | static_image = Front_of_Old_House_at_Hopwell_Hall_Farm_-_geograph.org.uk_-_862642.jpg | static_image_caption = The Old House, Hopwell Hall Farm. | constituency_westminster = Erewash | post_town = DERBY | postcode_district = DE72 | postcode_area = DE | dial_code = 0115 | os_grid_reference = SK 443364 }} '''Hopwell''' is a hamlet and civil parish in the south east of Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 33.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.doogal.co.uk/Parish.php?parish=E04002829 |title=Civil parish population 2011|accessdate=28 January 2021|publisher= doogal.co.uk|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> It lies south of Dale Abbey and north of Draycott. Since 1974 it has been part of the Erewash borough. The parish falls under the authority of Risley ‘Risley with Hopwell Parish Council’.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.risleywithhopwellparishcouncil.org.uk|title=Risley with Hopwell Parish Council|accessdate=28 January 2021|publisher= risleywithhopwellparishcouncil.org.uk|work=Parish Council}}</ref> and is located in the Draycott & Risley Ward.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastmidlands/wards/erewash/E05010609__draycott_risley|title=Draycott & Risley Ward|accessdate=28 January 2021|publisher= citypopulation.de|work=Political Ward}}</ref>

==History== Mentioned in the Domesday Book Survey of 1086, Hopwell was a settlement in the Hundred of Morleystone and the county of Derbyshire. It had a recorded population of 14.3 households in 1086.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://opendomesday.org/place/SK4436/hopwell|title=Domesday Book|accessdate=28 January 2021|publisher= opendomesday.org|work=Anna Powell-Smith}}</ref>

The most notable building in the parish is Hopwell Hall, built in 1720. It was owned by five generations of the Pares family from 1786 to 1921. The hall was demolished after a fire in 1957 and a new building was erected on the site. The large private house on the site is also called Hopwell Hall.

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==External links== {{Commons category|Hopwell}} * [https://vimeo.com/96442769 Hopwell Hall on video] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060219054303/http://www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk/ockbrookwalk.htm Ockbrook circular walk including Hopwell Hall]}}

{{Geographic Location |title = '''Destinations from Hopwell''' |Northwest = Morley |North = Dale Abbey |Northeast = Stanton by Dale |West = Ockbrook |Centre = Hopwell |East = Sandiacre |Southwest = Borrowash |South = Draycott |Southeast = Risley }}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hopwell}} Category:Villages in Derbyshire Category:Civil parishes in Derbyshire Category:Borough of Erewash