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Much Wenlock is a market town and parish in Shropshire, England, situated on the A458 road between
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and Bridgnorth. Nearby, to the northeast, is the
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, and the new town of Telford. The civil parish includes the villages of Homer (1 mile north of the town), Wyke (2 miles northeast), Atterley (2 miles southeast),
Stretton Westwood Stretton Westwood is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It is located in the parish of Much Wenlock and is two miles southwest of the town, on the B4371 road to Church Stretton; its name derives from it being on the road to Stretton. It lies near ...
(2 miles southwest) and Bourton (3 miles southwest). The population of the civil parish, according to the 2001 census, was 2,605, increasing to 2,877 at the 2011 Census. Notable historic attractions in the town are
Wenlock Priory Wenlock Priory, or St Milburga's Priory, is a ruined 12th-century monastery, located in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, at . Roger de Montgomery re-founded the Priory as a Cluniac house between 1079 and 1082, on the site of an earlier 7th-century mon ...
and the Guildhall. The Wenlock Olympian Games established by
William Penny Brookes William Penny Brookes (13 August 1809 – 11 December 1895) was an English surgeon, magistrate, botanist, and educationalist especially known for founding the Wenlock Olympian Games, inspiring the modern Olympic Games, and for his promotion of p ...
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.


Toponym

Much Wenlock is historically the chief town of the ancient borough of Wenlock. "Much" was added to distinguish it from the nearby
Little Wenlock Little Wenlock is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 605. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book, when it belonged to Wenlock Priory. Ancient habitation is attested by the ...
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 English ''loca'', meaning "enclosed place". The town was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Wenloch''.


History


Early history

Richard Fletcher mentions Much Wenlock as one of the possible locations where a Sub-Roman British Christian community may have survived the Anglo-Saxon occupation and eventually integrated with the conquerors and influenced their culture. The town of Wenlock is known to have grown up around an abbey or monastery founded around 680 by Merewalh, a son of King Penda of Mercia, with the small town within its parish boundaries. King Penda installed his daughter Milburga as abbess in 687. Milburga of Wenlock was credited with many miraculous works. The abbey flourished until around 874 when it is thought that a
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Viking attack occurred. The Domesday Book records the manor as 'Wenloch' and forming part of the hundred of
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. It was already at this time a fairly large settlement, with 73 households. The abbey is also recorded in the book, separately. In the 11th century another religious house was built on the same site by Leofric, Earl of Mercia and Countess
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his wife. In the 12th century this was replaced by a Cluniac priory, established by Roger de Montgomery after the Norman Conquest, the ruins of which can still be seen and which is now in the care of English Heritage. Early in the 12th century the hundred of Patton was merged with Culvestan to form the hundred of
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, but in 1198 Much Wenlock, together with the other manors held by Wenlock Priory, was transferred to the hundredal jurisdiction of the Liberty of Wenlock (also known as Wenlock Franchise). The Manor of Much Wenlock belonged to the Cluniac Priory until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1540 when it passed to the Lawley family, and then by marriage of Ursula Lawley to the
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Borough of Wenlock

In 1468
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granted the men of Much Wenlock a charter forming the Borough of Wenlock, at the request of Sir John Wenlock, and "in consideration of the laudable services which the men of the town performed in assisting the king to gain possession of the crown." The charter was confirmed in 1547 by
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after Wenlock Priory was suppressed in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. The charter was again confirmed in 1631 by Charles I. Over the years the borough asserted jurisdiction over the liberty of Wenlock. The lands of the liberty included rural areas and a number of
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s well outside the town, and this resulted in an unusual, geographically dispersed borough. At its height, it was – by area – the largest borough in England outside London and encompassed several of the towns that now constitute Telford. The borough had unusual boundaries, covering Much Wenlock itself, but also
Little Wenlock Little Wenlock is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 605. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book, when it belonged to Wenlock Priory. Ancient habitation is attested by the ...
, Broseley and Ironbridge, a total area of . In 1836 the borough was reformed as a municipal borough under the
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, and lost some of its rural areas and detached parts. The borough was further reduced in size in 1889, and was finally abolished in 1966.


Later history

11-year-old
Alice Glaston Alice Glaston ( – 13 April 1546) was an 11-year-old English girl from Little Wenlock who was hanged in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England under the reign of Henry VIII. She is likely the youngest girl ever to be legally executed in England, thou ...
from
Little Wenlock Little Wenlock is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 605. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book, when it belonged to Wenlock Priory. Ancient habitation is attested by the ...
was hanged together with two men in Much Wenlock on 13 April 1546, for an unknown crime. She is the youngest known girl legally executed in Great Britain.
Sir Thomas Wolryche, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Wolryche, 1st Baronet ( ; 1598–1668) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons for Wenlock between 1621 and 1625. He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War, serving as military governor o ...
(1598–1668) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons for
Wenlock Wenlock may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Little Wenlock, a village in Shropshire * Much Wenlock, a town in Shropshire ** (Much) Wenlock (UK Parliament constituency) ** Wenlock Priory, a 7th/12th-century monastery * Wenlock Basin, a canal basi ...
between 1621 and 1625. He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War, serving as military governor of Bridgnorth. In 1611, Thomas Wolryche's father, Francis, had taken over the mortgage of the manor of Hughley, about 6 km from Much Wenlock. The debt was cleared in 1623 in return for the freehold of Hughley, an estate of 1,400 acres. In 1714, the Manor of Much Wenlock was held by Viscount Gage, who sold it to the
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family. In the 19th century the town and much of the surrounding land came into the possession of James Milnes Gaskell, from his wife's family the Williams-Wynns. James was MP for Wenlock for many years. His son
Charles Milnes Gaskell Charles George Milnes Gaskell PC (23 January 1842 – 9 January 1919) was an English lawyer and Liberal Party politician. Milnes Gaskell was born in London, the son of James Milnes Gaskell M.P., of Thornes House, Wakefield, Yorkshire, and Wenloc ...
restored the Priory lodging as a home with his wife Lady Catherine, daughter of the Earl of Portsmouth. There they entertained many famous people of the day, writers, politicians, artists and explorers, among them
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,
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, Henry James, Thomas Woolner,
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,
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and Phillip Webb. Much Wenlock has become known as the birthplace of Wenlock Olympian Games set up by
William Penny Brookes William Penny Brookes (13 August 1809 – 11 December 1895) was an English surgeon, magistrate, botanist, and educationalist especially known for founding the Wenlock Olympian Games, inspiring the modern Olympic Games, and for his promotion of p ...
and his Wenlock Olympian Society (WOS) in 1850. In 1861 he was also instrumental in setting up the Shropshire Games and later in 1866, the National Olympian Games. Dr Brookes is credited as a founding father of the Modern Olympic Games. In 1890 it was the turn of th
Raven Hotel
to be the venue for the annual post Wenlock Olympian Games' dinner, and Baron Pierre de Coubertin was the guest of honour. Copies of some of the WOS's archive images are on display in the hotel, including letters from Coubertin to Brookes. The Wenlock Olympian Games, a nine-day event staged on eight sites across Shropshire, are still held annually during July, and are still organised by WOS. Much Wenlock's secondary school is named after Dr Brookes. The London 2012 Summer Olympics mascot was named Wenlock to honour Brookes, WOS and Much Wenlock. On 30 May 2012, the Olympic flame of the 2012 Summer Olympics, was carried through Much Wenlock to acknowledge the founding footsteps of Brookes. WOS Vice-President, John Simpson, carried an Olympic torch from the town into the William Brookes School.


Recent times

When the Borough was abolished in 1966 the core Wenlock parts became part of the Bridgnorth
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, with other parts also going to Dawley
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and to Wellington Rural District. In 1974 Much Wenlock joined Bridgnorth District until it was abolished in 2009. In 1983, actress Gabrielle Drake and her husband purchased Much Wenlock Manor and restored it. Much Wenlock was the location for the third broadcast episode (the first filmed) of the first series of the archaeology television programme '' Time Team'' in 1994. Much Wenlock was the first community in the West Midlands to have a neighbourhood development plan. The plan was put to a parish referendum on 22 May 2014. There was a 42% turnout, and 85% of those voting said "yes" to the referendum question: "Do you want Shropshire Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Much Wenlock to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area." The Neighbourhood Plan was "made" (adopted) by Shropshire Council on 17 July 2014. Planning applications in the town and surrounding parish must be considered against the Neighbourhood Plan as well as existing planning policy where appropriate, such as the Shropshire-wide Core Strategy and as well as the National Planning Policy Framework. In 2019, Much Wenlock was featured by '' The Sunday Times'' as one of the best places to live in the UK.


Churches

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, in Wilmore Street, is the
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parish church. The first church on this site was built in Anglo-Saxon times. The present church dates from 1150 and was built by the Cluniac monks from Wenlock Priory. Features of interest include the plain Norman tower which had a spire until early in the 20th century, and a memorial inside the church to W. P. Brookes as well as the refurbished family gravestones in the churchyard. The churchyard is a large, open, green space with some tall trees. The Shit Brook ran along the road towards the church before it was culverted. There is also a Methodist church in King Street. The town's former Roman Catholic Church of St Mary Magdalene, in Barrow Street, closed in 2008, was demolished in 2012, and domestic properties built in its place.


Other buildings

Other architectural attractions include the 16th-century
Much Wenlock Guildhall The Much Wenlock Guildhall is a guildhall located on Wilmore Street in Much Wenlock, Shropshire. It is a Grade II* listed building. History In the aftermath of the dissolution of the monasteries, which saw the powers of Wenlock Priory suppre ...
, many other historic buildings in the Early English style, and an annual well dressing at St Milburga's Well on Barrow Street.


Cultural associations

* St. Milburga's Well was supposed to cure eye diseases and the town was a destination popular for medieval pilgrims, coming to worship at St Milburga's Shrine. * The Victorian era romantic painter and sculptor Robert Bateman (1842–1922) lived near Much Wenlock, at the 16th century
Benthall Hall Benthall Hall is a 16th-century English country house in Benthall, Shropshire, Benthall in the town of Broseley, Shropshire, England, and a few miles from the historic Ironbridge Gorge. It retains much of its fine oak interior, and an elabora ...
. In 1907 Walter Crane described his painting as ''"a magic world of romance and pictured poetry ... a twilight world of dark mysterious woodlands, haunted streams, meads of deep green starred with burning flowers, veiled in a dim and mystic light."'' * Novelist Mary Webb (then Mary Meredith), lived in childhood at The Grange just outside the town, on the Church Stretton road, from 1882 to 1896. * Based on study of railway journeys and times,
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argued in 1977 that Much Wenlock could have been a location setting for the fictional Shropshire town of Market Blandings in the writings of
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. * Nearby is Wenlock Edge, an important geological feature. Both the Edge and the town are the subject of several poems by
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in his work ''
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'', such as: "On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble..." and "Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town...". In 1909 six of these poems were set to music by Vaughan Williams as On Wenlock Edge, Song cycle for tenor and piano quintet. * The
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mascot,
Wenlock Wenlock may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Little Wenlock, a village in Shropshire * Much Wenlock, a town in Shropshire ** (Much) Wenlock (UK Parliament constituency) ** Wenlock Priory, a 7th/12th-century monastery * Wenlock Basin, a canal basi ...
, is named after the town in honour of WP Brookes and his Wenlock Olympian Society. * Much Wenlock is host to an annual Poetry Festival, held the week-end after Easter. Founded by Anna Dreda of Wenlock Books, its patron is Dame Carol Ann Duffy. * The annual Live Arts Festival held during March is a section of Wenlock Olympian Games. There are competitions in music, creative writing and dance for young people aged 18 years and under.


Other notable people

*
Peter de Leia Peter de Leia, O.S.B. (died 16 July 1198), was Bishop of St David's from 1176 until his death. Before his appointment, he had been prior of the Cluniac house at Wenlock. De Leia was appointed by King Henry II of England as bishop, despite the p ...
(died 1198), Bishop of St David's, Wales, was previously prior of Wenlock Priory. *
David Cranage David Herbert Somerset Cranage (10 October 1866 – 22 October 1957) was an Anglican Dean. Born on 10 October 1866, the son of Dr Joseph Edward Cranage of Old Hall, Wellington, Shropshire, he was educated at King's College, Cambridge. Ordained i ...
(1866-1957),
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, was previously curate at Much Wenlock parish church in 1898-1902. * Rosemary Leach (1935 in Much Wenlock – 2017) English stage, television and film actress * Tony Levin (1940 in Much Wenlock – 2011) was an English jazz drummer, who played at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in the 1960s * Dame Rosemary Butler DBE (born 1943 in Much Wenlock) politician and
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2011 to 2016. * Gabrielle Drake (born 1944) the actress, lives in
Wenlock Priory Wenlock Priory, or St Milburga's Priory, is a ruined 12th-century monastery, located in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, at . Roger de Montgomery re-founded the Priory as a Cluniac house between 1079 and 1082, on the site of an earlier 7th-century mon ...
*
John Constable John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romanticism, Romantic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape painting with his pictures of Dedha ...
(born 1952 in Much Wenlock) is an English playwright, poet, performer and activist, author of The Southwark Mysteries. * Mary Beard (born Much Wenlock 1955) an English scholar and classicist, the New Yorker characterises her as ''"learned but accessible"'' *
Roger Preece Roger Preece (born 9 June 1968) was an English professional footballer who mainly played as a midfielder but could also play as a full back. He played in The Football League for three clubs and has also played and managed in non–league footba ...
(born 1968 in Much Wenlock) was professional midfield footballer between 1986 and 2004, playing over 350 games mainly for
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and
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* Matthew Green (born 1970), Liberal Democrat politician, lived at Much Wenlock when he became MP for Ludlow. *
Isobel Cooper Isobel Cooper (born 24 January 1975), known professionally as Izzy, is an English operatic pop soprano singer. Born in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, she trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Her debut audio CD ''Liber ...
(born Much Wenlock 1975), operatic pop soprano singer, known professionally as Izzy.


Films

* In 1950 the town and its surrounding countryside were the locations of the film ''Gone to Earth'' by Powell and Pressburger. In 1985 the film was fully restored by the National Film Archive, and premiered to great acclaim. The ''New Statesman'' review claimed the restored film to be... "One of the great British regional films" ...(and)... "one of the most beautiful films ever to be shot of the English countryside". The film was based on the 1917 novel of the same name by the Shropshire writer Mary Webb, which was partly inspired by the ''Diary of Francis Kilvert''. * The
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film '' Clockwise'' was filmed partly in and around Much Wenlock.


Schools

*Much Wenlock Primary School *
William Brookes School William Brookes School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Much Wenlock in the English county of Shropshire. The school is named after William Penny Brookes, a surgeon, magistrate, botanist, and educationalist from Much Wenloc ...


Transport


Bus

*The Arriva service 436 connects Much Wenlock with Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth with hourly services. A less frequent service links the town to Telford. *A Shropshire Hills Shuttle service at weekends and on
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s during the spring and summer started in 2012, but ceased in 2013. The route, called the "Wenlock Wanderer", connected the town with
Church Stretton Church Stretton is a market town in Shropshire, England, south of Shrewsbury and north of Ludlow. The population in 2011 was 4,671.
and operated mostly along the B4371 which runs atop the Wenlock Edge, before turning off to
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and then to Marshbrook and the market town of Church Stretton.


Rail

Much Wenlock used to be served by trains between Wellington and Craven Arms. The
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became a terminus when through running southwards to Craven Arms ceased in 1951. The branch closed in 1962, just before
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published his report. The nearest active network railway stations are Shrewsbury and Wellington although Bridgnorth has a
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to Kidderminster.


Twin towns

Much Wenlock is twinned with
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,
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, France. Much Wenlock Town Council website
retrieved 19 January 2019


References


Further reading

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External links


Much Wenlock Town CouncilMuch Wenlock Visitor Guide by Virtual Shropshire
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