Wem is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England,[1] 9 miles (14 km) north of Shrewsbury and 9 miles (14 km) south of Whitchurch.
The name is derived from the Old English term wamm, meaning 'marsh".[2]
As a caput of a barony and a large manor and parish Wem was a centre for justice and local government for centuries, and the headquarters of the North Shropshire District Council until Shropshire became a unitary authority. From the 12th century revisions to the hundreds of Shropshire, Wem was within the North Division of Bradford Hundred until the end of the 19th century.[3][4]
^OS Explorer Map 241, Shrewsbury, Wem, Shawbury & Baschurch. ISBN 978-0-319-46276-8
^"History of Wem". Wem. Archived from the original on 16 June 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
^"Bradford Hundred | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
^"Wem History Day 'huge success' as visitors learn of town's rich past". Whitchurch Herald. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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