Trench is a suburb of the
new town
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New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
Albums and EPs
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...
of
Telford in the borough of
Telford and Wrekin and
ceremonial county
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of
Shropshire,
England, on the north side of the town, north of
Oakengates.
Canal Inclined Plane
It was once the site of an
inclined plane connecting the now-abandoned
Shrewsbury Canal and a smaller canal, the
Wombridge Canal, higher in elevation and part of the east Shropshire canal network. The Trench Inclined Plane ceased operations in 1921 having been built in 1793. It was the last working canal
inclined plane.
Etymology
The area is believed to get its name from a clearing in woodland (Horton Wood).
Roads and development
Trench Road is an ancient byway and was previously known as Trench Way (before 18th Century) and for a period Trench Lane. This byway connected the towns of
Newport
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*Newport, Rhode Island, US
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Europe
Ireland
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and
Wellington and was a well known route by 1288.
Trench road was the southern boundary of the village of Horton and the northern boundary of
Wrockwardine Wood. Hence Trench was split into the two townships. Trench Farm was located along this road and by 17th Century the road developed with various shops and public houses appearing.
Following
World War I the area of Trench started to develop. Woodhouse Crescent had been built by the early 1920s, the area from Trench Road going south (between present Wombridge Road and Church Road) was an army camp and then during the 1960s and 70s the area from Trench Road to Teagues Bridge Lane had turned into a housing estate.
Notable people
*Olympian
track and field athlete Robbie Brightwell (1939-2022) was educated at Trench Secondary Modern School in the 1950s.
*
Aston Villa
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footballer
Dalian Atkinson (1968-2016) was brought up in Trench, where he died after an incident with police outside his father's house there.
See also
*
Canals of the United Kingdom
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History of the British canal system
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References
Telford
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