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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Wenlock, mun. bor. with ry. sta. (Wenlock, or Much Wenlock), Shropshire, 14 miles SE. of Shrewsbury, 33,000 ac., pop. 18,442; 1 Bank. Market-day, Monday. The bor. of Wenlock comprises the pars, and local government dists. of Much Wenlock, Broseley (including Coalport), and Madeley (including Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale). Much Wenlock dates from British times, and has ruins of a monastery founded about 680, destroyed by the Danes, and refounded as a Cluniac abbey in 1080. Much Wenlock is the centre of a large: agricultural district, and in its immediate neighbourhood are valuable limestone quarries. Broseley, which dates from 1570, has coal mining and brick and tile making, a fine art encaustic tile manufactory, and tobacco-pipe works. Madeley, which dates from 1645, has ironworks, blast furnaces, and coal mines. Coal-brookdale is famous for its fine-art work in iron and other metals; and at Coalport are celebrated china works. Wenlock was incorporated by Edward IV., and returned 2 members to Parliament from his time until 1885.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "municipal borough with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Shropshire AncC |
| Place: | Wenlock |
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