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    Much Wenlock is a market town and parish in Shropshire, England; it is situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Nearby, to the north-east...
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    on the market town of Much Wenlock. One of the two mascots for the 2012 Summer Olympics was named Wenlock in honour of the Wenlock Olympian Games. On 25...
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    55506°W / 52.59739; -2.55506 Wenlock Priory, or St Milburga's Priory, is a ruined 12th-century monastery, located in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, at grid reference...
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    Wenlock Edge is a limestone escarpment near Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England and a site of special scientific interest because of its geology. It is over...
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    1681) of Willey, The Welds returned several Members of Parliament for Much Wenlock where they had industrial interests, starting with George Weld, briefly...
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  • Wenlock may refer to: Little Wenlock, a village in Shropshire Much Wenlock, a town in Shropshire (Much) Wenlock (UK Parliament constituency) Wenlock Priory...
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  • 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...
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    Paralympics, both held in London, England, United Kingdom. Named after Much Wenlock and Stoke Mandeville, they were created by Iris, a London-based creative...
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    The Much Wenlock Limestone Formation is a series of Silurian limestone beds that date back to the Homerian age, the later part of the Wenlock epoch. The...
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  • 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...
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    original Much Wenlock railway station was opened 1 February 1862 by the Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway, linking Buildwas with Much Wenlock. The...
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    and 427.4 million years ago. The Wenlock is named after Wenlock Edge, an outcrop of rocks near the town of Much Wenlock in Shropshire (West Midlands, United...
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    Holy Trinity Church in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England. Located on Wilmore Street and dating to the early 12th century, it is now a Grade I listed building...
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    Olympics in London was named Wenlock after the town of Much Wenlock in Shropshire. Much Wenlock still hosts the Wenlock Olympian Games, which were an...
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    The Much Wenlock Guildhall is a guildhall located on Wilmore Street in Much Wenlock, Shropshire. It is a Grade II* listed building. In the aftermath of...
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  • 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...
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    Barrow and Dawley. The Welds returned several Members of Parliament for Much Wenlock where they had industrial interests, starting with George Weld, replaced...
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    county, including the Wrekin, Clee Hills, Stiperstones, the Long Mynd, and Wenlock Edge. Part of the Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature...
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  • The Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway was a railway in Shropshire, England, established by the Much Wenlock and Severn Railway Company. The company...
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    55–56 High Street is an historic building in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England. The property dates to the early 15th century, and is now a Grade II* listed...
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    Mary Webb (category People from Much Wenlock)
    poetry and prose. At the age of one year, she moved with her parents to Much Wenlock, where they lived at a house called The Grange outside the town. Mary...
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  • Gabrielle Drake (category People from Much Wenlock)
    Award 2018 on her brother's behalf in Belfast. She lives in Wenlock Abbey in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, in a house she bought in 1983 with her husband...
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  • Coalbrookdale; the Wenlock Railway from Coalbrookdale to Buildwas; the Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway from Buildwas to Much Wenlock; the Wenlock Railway...
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  • Rosemary Leach (category People from Much Wenlock)
    recurring role on the sitcom My Family (2003–2007). Leach was born at Much Wenlock, Shropshire. Her parents were teachers, related to the social anthropologist...
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    The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in the High Street in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England. The structure, which is currently used as a library...
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    1057) was an Earl of Mercia. He founded monasteries at Coventry and Much Wenlock and was a very powerful earl under King Cnut and his successors. Leofric...
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    within Little Wenlock parish, while the adjoining parts fall into other parishes. The name "Wenlock" as found in Much Wenlock and Little Wenlock (and also...
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    a lawyer and politician of landed gentry background who represented Much Wenlock in the House of Commons of England in two parliaments of Charles II....
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    Mary Beard (classicist) (category People from Much Wenlock)
    accessible". Mary Beard, an only child, was born on 1 January 1955 in Much Wenlock, Shropshire. Her mother, Joyce Emily Beard, was a headmistress and an...
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  • Parliament. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for (MUch) Wenlock in 1542.He was the brother of Bessie Blount and the uncle and servant...
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