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Much Wenlock is historically the chief town of the ancient borough of Wenlock. "Much" was added to distinguish it from the nearby Little Wenlock and to show it is the larger of the two settlements. The name Wenlock probably comes from the Celtic name Wininicas , meaning "white area" (in reference to the limestone of Wenlock Edge), plus the Old ...
Dr William Penny Brookes, founder of the Wenlock Olympian Games. The Wenlock Olympian Games, dating from 1850, are a forerunner of the modern Olympic Games.They are organised by the Wenlock Olympian Society (WOS), and are held each year at venues across Shropshire, England, centred on the market town of Much Wenlock.
The original Much Wenlock railway station was opened 1 February 1862 by the Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway, linking Buildwas with Much Wenlock. The line later formed part of the Wellington to Craven Arms Railway and was, for much of its working life, operated by the Great Western Railway.
Plans to fill in Farley Quarry in Much Wenlock with construction waste would have taken 12 years.
Shit Brook is a culverted small stream in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England. [1] History.
Wenlock Priory, or St Milburga's Priory, is a ruined 12th-century monastery, located in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, at grid reference Roger de Montgomery re-founded the Priory as a Cluniac house between 1079 and 1082, on the site of an earlier 7th-century monastery. [ 1 ]
Much Wenlock, often called simply Wenlock, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885, when it was abolished.
Much Wenlock is a civil parish in Shropshire, England.It contains 104 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.Of these, three are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, six are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.