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...

attractions in the town are Wenlock Priory, Wenlock Edge, Holy Trinity Church and the Guildhall. The Wenlock Olympian Games, established by William Penny...

educationalist especially known for founding the Wenlock Olympian Games, inspiring the modern Olympic Games, and for his promotion of physical education and...

founding the Wenlock Olympian Games in 1850. These were organised by the Wenlock Olympian Class which changed its name to the Wenlock Olympian Society in...

In 2011, Edwards became President of Wenlock Olympian Society, organisers of the annual Wenlock Olympian Games held in Shropshire. He was a member of...

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 inspiration...

October 1850, the local physician William Penny Brookes founded the Wenlock Olympian Games, a festival of sports and recreations that included athletics and...

the fourth National Olympian Games that were held, again at Much Wenlock, in 1874. In 1883 he was president of Wenlock Olympian Games themselves that year...

Wenlock may refer to: Little Wenlock, a village in Shropshire Much Wenlock, a town in Shropshire (Much) Wenlock (UK Parliament constituency) Wenlock Priory...

13 miles (21 km) away and a decade later, the first Wenlock Olympian Games were held at Much Wenlock racecourse in 1851. It included a "half-mile foot race"...

Wenlock Town Council established its offices there as well. Corn exchanges in England Brookes also provided the inspiration for the Wenlock Olympian Games...

case of injury. Clog (British) Cotswold Olimpick Games Robert Dover (Cotswold Games) Wenlock Olympian Games Drayton, Michael, et al. (1636), Annalia Dubrensia:...

Constantine of Greece; William Penny Brookes, the creator of the Wenlock Olympian Games in Shropshire, England; and Ioannis Phokianos, a professor of mathematics...

by Exeter College, Oxford, from 1850. The annual Wenlock Olympian Games, first held in 1850 in Wenlock, England, incorporated athletics events into its...

the Games Field where the Wenlock Olympian Games were held. The buildings were commented on by Pierre de Coubertin when on his visit to the 1890 games, he...

Taxi. Wenlock's name is inspired by Much Wenlock in Shropshire, England, where in 1850 the Wenlock Olympian Society held its first Olympian Games, regarded...

quite new, but...it is right". In 1890, Coubertin attended the Wenlock Olympian Games organised by Dr William Penny Brookes, whom Coubertin called "an...

Anglican theologian William Penny Brookes, from Much Wenlock, founder of Wenlock Olympian Games William Wycherley, Restoration dramatist and playwright...

in Much Wenlock Guild Guildhall Brookes also provided the inspiration for the Wenlock Olympian Games, a forerunner of the modern Olympic Games. Historic...

the first Wenlock Olympian Games in England. These later inspire Pierre, Baron de Coubertin to establish the international Olympian games that continue...

and educationalist from Much Wenlock especially known for inspiring the modern Olympic Games with the Wenlock Olympian Games. The school serves a community...

was invited to speak at the Wenlock Olympian Games, when he praised their founder William Penny Brookes and the local Olympian Society's work but showed...

Borough of Wenlock. He was a DL and JP for the county of Shropshire, and JP for Kent. In 1876, he served as President of the Wenlock Olympian Games and in...

Ten Years of Working and Learning Together was presented at the Wenlock Olympian Games. Speaking at the event. David Geldart said that the partnership...

developed his Olympian Class sports events held in Much Wenlock in the 1850s, by adopting some events from the 1859 Athens Olympic Games into the programme...

coach. At the age of ten Williamson won a silver medal at the 1981 Wenlock Olympian Games and at fourteen she qualified for her first international tournament...

Dover's Hill, near Aston-sub-Edge. Cotswold Olimpick Games Shin-kicking Wenlock Olympian Games Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dover, Robert" . Encyclopædia...

fire that burned down the temple of the Olympian Zeus during his reign. During the celebration of the games, the Olympic truce (ekecheiría) was announced...

Society of London). It took the existing Olympian Games of Much Wenlock as its example, thus the NOA Games "were open to all comers" and not just the...

returning to their polis. According to Pindar’s Olympian 1, the origin of the Ancient Olympic Games can be traced to Pelops, son of Tantalus. Pelops...