Much Wenlock is a market town and parish in Shropshire, England; it is situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Nearby, to the north-east, is the Ironbridge Gorge and Telford. The civil parish includes the villages of Homer (1 mile (1.6 km) north of the town), Wyke (2 miles (3.2 km) north-east), Atterley (2 miles (3.2 km) south-east), Stretton Westwood (2 miles (3.2 km) south-west) and Bourton (3 miles (4.8 km) south-west). The population of the civil parish, according to the 2001 Census, was 2,605, increasing to 2,877 by 2011.
Notable historic attractions in the town are Wenlock Priory, Wenlock Edge, Holy Trinity Church and the Guildhall. The Wenlock Olympian Games, established by William Penny Brookes in 1850, are centred in the town. Brookes is credited as a founding father of the modern Olympic Games and one of the London 2012 Summer Olympics mascots was named Wenlock, after the town.
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MuchWenlock is a market town and parish in Shropshire, England; it is situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Nearby, to the north-east...
on the market town of MuchWenlock. One of the two mascots for the 2012 Summer Olympics was named Wenlock in honour of the Wenlock Olympian Games. On 25...
Wenlock Edge is a limestone escarpment near MuchWenlock, Shropshire, England and a site of special scientific interest because of its geology. It is over...
Paralympics, both held in London, England, United Kingdom. Named after MuchWenlock and Stoke Mandeville, they were created by Iris, a London-based creative...
April 1546) was an 11-year-old English girl from Little Wenlock who was hanged in MuchWenlock, Shropshire, England, under the reign of Henry VIII. She...
1681) of Willey, The Welds returned several Members of Parliament for MuchWenlock where they had industrial interests, starting with George Weld, briefly...
55506°W / 52.59739; -2.55506 Wenlock Priory, or St Milburga's Priory, is a ruined 12th-century monastery, located in MuchWenlock, Shropshire, at grid reference...
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and 427.4 million years ago. The Wenlock is named after Wenlock Edge, an outcrop of rocks near the town of MuchWenlock in Shropshire (West Midlands, United...
The MuchWenlock Limestone Formation is a series of Silurian limestone beds that date back to the Homerian age, the later part of the Wenlock epoch. The...
The MuchWenlock and Severn Junction Railway was a railway in Shropshire, England, established by the MuchWenlock and Severn Railway Company. The company...
a lawyer and politician of landed gentry background who represented MuchWenlock in the House of Commons of England in two parliaments of Charles II....
MuchWenlock is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 104 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of...
Coalbrookdale; the Wenlock Railway from Coalbrookdale to Buildwas; the MuchWenlock and Severn Junction Railway from Buildwas to MuchWenlock; the Wenlock Railway...
county, including the Wrekin, Clee Hills, Stiperstones, the Long Mynd, and Wenlock Edge. Part of the Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature...
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within Little Wenlock parish, while the adjoining parts fall into other parishes. The name "Wenlock" as found in MuchWenlock and Little Wenlock (and also...
border counties contains the following formations: MuchWenlock Limestone Formation, 90–300 ft.; Wenlock Shale, up to 1900 ft.; Woolhope or Barr Limestone...
original MuchWenlock railway station was opened 1 February 1862 by the MuchWenlock and Severn Junction Railway, linking Buildwas with MuchWenlock. The...
recurring role on the sitcom My Family (2003–2007). Leach was born at MuchWenlock, Shropshire. Her parents were teachers, related to the social anthropologist...
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