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Much Wenlock

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Much Wenlock is a small town and parish in Shropshire, England, situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. [1]

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A roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

List of A roads in zone 4 in Great Britain starting north of the A4 and south/west of the A5 (roads beginning with 4).

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A458 road

The A458 is a route on the UK highway network that runs from Mallwyd, near Machynlleth, in Wales, to Halesowen, near Stourbridge, in England.

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Abbots of Shrewsbury

The recorded abbots of Shrewsbury run from c 1087, a scant four years after Shrewsbury Abbey's foundation, to 1540, its dissolution under Thomas Cromwell.

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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.

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Anglophile

An Anglophile is a person who admires England, its people, and its culture.

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Atterley

Atterley is a village in Shropshire, England.

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Æthelred and Æthelberht

Saints Æthelred and Æthelberht (also Ethelred, Ethelbert) according to the Kentish royal legend (attested in the 11th century) were princes of the Kingdom of Kent who were murdered in around AD 669, and later commemorated as saints and martyrs.

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B roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads.

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Baron Forester

Baron Forester, of Willey Park in the County of Shropshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Barrow, Shropshire

Barrow is a hamlet and civil parish in Shropshire, England, some 5 miles south of Telford between Ironbridge and Much Wenlock.

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Bayston Hill

Bayston Hill is a large village and civil parish in central Shropshire, England.

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Beckbury

Beckbury is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.

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Blandings Castle

Blandings Castle is a recurring fictional location in the stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being the seat of Lord Emsworth (Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth), home to many of his family and the setting for numerous tales and adventures.

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Border Morris

Border Morris is a collection of individual local dances from villages along the English side of the Wales–England border in the counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire.

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Boroughs incorporated in England and Wales 1882–1974

The following is a list of towns in England and Wales which were granted charters of incorporation conferring borough status under the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 or the Local Government Act 1933.

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Bridgnorth

Bridgnorth is a town in Shropshire, England.

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Bridgnorth District

Bridgnorth District was, between 1974 and 2009, a local government district in Shropshire, England.

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British Olympic Association

The British Olympic Association (BOA) is the National Olympic Committee for the United Kingdom.

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Broseley

Broseley is a small town in Shropshire, England, with a population of 4,912 (2001 census), increasing to 4,929 at the 2011 Census.

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Brown Clee Hill

Brown Clee Hill is the highest hill in the rural English county of Shropshire, at above sea level.

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Charles Milnes Gaskell (Liberal politician)

Charles George Milnes Gaskell PC (23 January 1842 – 9 January 1919) was an English lawyer and Liberal Party politician.

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Church Preen

Church Preen is a dispersed hamlet and small civil parish in central Shropshire, England.

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Church Stretton

Church Stretton is a small town in Shropshire, England, south of Shrewsbury and north of Ludlow.

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Church Stretton railway station

Church Stretton railway station in Church Stretton, Shropshire, England, is a station on the Welsh Marches Line, south of Shrewsbury railway station; trains on the Heart of Wales Line also serve the station.

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Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway

The Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway was a pre-grouping railway company that served part of south Shropshire.

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Cluniac priories in Britain

In the Middle Ages, from the 11th century, the Cluniac order established a number of religious houses in the kingdoms of England and Scotland.

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Corn Exchanges in England

In England, Corn Exchanges are distinct buildings which were originally created as a venue for Corn merchants to meet and arrange pricing with farmers for the sale of wheat, barley and other corn crops.

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Cound

Cound is a village and civil parish on the west bank of the River Severn in the English county of Shropshire, 6.7 miles (10.8 kilometres) south east of the county town Shrewsbury.

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Craven Arms

Craven Arms is a small town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, on the A49 road and the Welsh Marches railway line, which link it north and south to the larger towns of Shrewsbury and Ludlow respectively.

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Craven Arms railway station

Craven Arms railway station serves the small town of Craven Arms in Shropshire, England.

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Cressage

Cressage is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.

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Cysoing

Cysoing is a commune in the Nord department in northern France, situated southeast of Lille.

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David Cranage

The Very Rev David Herbert Somerset Cranage (10 October 1866 – 22 October 1957) was an Anglican Dean in the second quarter of the 20th century.

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Don Anthony

Don Anthony MBE (6 November 1928 – 28 May 2012) was a British hammer thrower.

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Dryhthelm

Dryhthelm (fl. c. 700), also known as Drithelm or Drythelm, was a monk associated with the monastery of Melrose known from the Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum of Bede.

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Dudley Priory

Dudley Priory is a dissolved priory in Dudley, West Midlands (formerly Worcestershire), England.

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Dudmaston Hall

Dudmaston Hall is a 17th-century country house in the care of the National Trust in the Severn Valley, Shropshire, England.

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Eadric the Wild

Eadric the Wild (or Eadric Silvaticus), also known as Wild Edric, Eadric Cild (or Child) and Edric the Forester, was an Anglo-Saxon magnate of the West Midlands who led English resistance to the Norman Conquest, active in 1068-70.

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Ealdwulf of East Anglia

Ealdwulf (or Aldwulf) was king of East Anglia from 663 to around 713.

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Edward Bromley

Sir Edward Bromley (1563–1626) was an English lawyer, judge, landowner and politician of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.

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Edward Pearce (journalist)

Edward Pearce (28 March 1939 – 9 February 2018) was an English political journalist and writer, known for being a leader writer for The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian, and writing a number of biographies of political figures.

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Edwin Bartleet

The Ven. Edwin Berry Bartleet,D.D. (1872 - 1946) was an Anglican priest: he was Archdeacon of Ludlow from 1928 to 1932.

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Falkes de Breauté

Sir Falkes de Breauté (died 1226) (also spelled Fawkes de Breauté or Fulk de Brent) was an Anglo-Norman soldier who earned high office by loyally serving first King John and later King Henry III in First Barons' War.

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Farley Halt railway station

Farley Halt railway station was a station in Farley to the north of Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England.

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Ford, Shropshire

Ford is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.

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Frances Pitt

Frances Pitt (25 January 1888 – 26 April 1964) was a British naturalist, author and a pioneer of wildlife photography.

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Gabrielle Drake

Gabrielle Drake (born 30 March 1944) is a British actress.

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Gone to Earth (film)

Gone to Earth (1950) is a British Technicolor film by the director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

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Grade I listed buildings in Shropshire

There are over 9000 Grade I listed buildings in England.

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Grade I listed churches in Shropshire

Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England.

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Grade II* listed buildings in Shropshire Council (A–G)

There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England.

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Grade II* listed buildings in Shropshire Council (H–Z)

There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England.

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Harley, Shropshire

Harley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Shropshire.

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Harnage

Harnage is a small village in the English county of Shropshire.

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Henry Bridgeman, 1st Baron Bradford

Henry Bridgeman, 1st Baron Bradford (7 September 1725 – 5 June 1800), known as Sir Henry Bridgeman, 5th Baronet between 1764 and 1794, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 46 years from 1748 to 1794 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Bradford.

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Henry Maurice (minister)

Henry Maurice (1634 – 30 July 1682) was a Welsh Anglican priest who became an Independent minister.

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Henry Watkins (priest)

Henry William Watkins was an Anglican priest, academic and author.

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High Sheriff of Shropshire

This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Shropshire The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown.

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History of Shropshire

Shropshire was established during the division of Saxon Mercia into shires in the 10th century.

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Homer, Shropshire

Homer is a small village in Shropshire, England, north of the town of Much Wenlock.

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Homerian

In the geologic timescale, the Homerian is the age of the Wenlock epoch of the Silurian period of the Paleozoic era of the Phanerozoic eon that is comprehended between 426.2 ± 2.4 Ma and 422.9 ± 2.5 Ma (million years ago), approximately.

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Hughley, Shropshire

Hughley is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, about south-west of Much Wenlock.

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Humphrey Mackworth (Parliamentarian)

Humphrey Mackworth (27 January 1603 – December 1654) was an English lawyer, judge, and politician of Shropshire landed gentry origins who rose to prominence in the Midlands, the Welsh Marches and Wales during the English Civil War.

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Inclosure Act 1773

The Inclosure Act 1773 (13 Geo 3. c. 81) (also known as the Enclosure Act 1773) is an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain, passed during the reign of George III.

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Isobel Cooper

Isobel Cooper (born January 24, 1975), known professionally as Izzy, is an English operatic pop soprano singer.

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Jack Mytton Way

The Jack Mytton Way is a long distance footpath and bridleway for horseriders, hillwalkers and mountain bikers in mid and south Shropshire, England.

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Jacob Blakeway

Jacob Blakeway (1583-?) was at the centre of a historic incident in seventeenth century England which caused a great scandal in the seventeenth century and which eventually led to the four More children being sent on the Mayflower to America in 1620.

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James Milnes Gaskell

James Milnes Gaskell (19 October 1810 – 5 February 1873) was a British Conservative politician.

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John Bridgeman (judge)

Sir John Bridgeman, SL (1568/69 – 5 February 1638) was a barrister of the Inner Temple, serjeant-at-law and local magnate in the West of England during the early 17th century.

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John Burley

John Burley (died c. 1416) was an English lawyer and a knight of the shire (MP) for Shropshire six times from 1399.

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John Darras

John Darras (c.1355–1408) was an English soldier, politician and landowner, who fought in the Hundred Years' War and against the Glyndŵr Rising.

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John Ireland (composer)

John Nicholson Ireland (13 August 187912 June 1962) was an English composer and teacher of music.

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John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland

John James Robert Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland, (13 December 1818 – 4 August 1906), known as Lord John Manners before 1888, was an English statesman.

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Jonathan Barnes

Jonathan Barnes, FBA (born 26 December 1942 in Wenlock, Shropshire) is an English scholar of ancient philosophy.

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Julian Radcliffe

Julian Guy Yonge Radcliffe (born August 1948) is a British businessman, and the founder and chairman of the Art Loss Register (ALR).

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Lady Godiva

Godiva, Countess of Mercia (died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English Godgifu, was an English noblewoman who, according to a legend dating at least to the 13th century, rode naked – covered only in her long hair – through the streets of Coventry to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation that her husband imposed on his tenants.

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Leeds Town Hall

Leeds Town Hall was built between 1853 and 1858 on The Headrow (formerly Park Lane), Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, to a design by architect Cuthbert Brodrick.

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Leofric, Earl of Mercia

Leofric (died 31 August or 30 September 1057) was an Earl of Mercia.

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Lilleshall Hall

Lilleshall Hall is a large former country house and estate in the fields of Lilleshall, Shropshire, England.

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List of almshouses in the United Kingdom

The following is a list of British almshouses.

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List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands

The Churches Conservation Trust, which was initially known as the Redundant Churches Fund, is a charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk, those that have been made redundant by the Church of England.

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List of civil parishes in Shropshire

This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

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List of geochronologic names

This is a list of official and unofficial names for time spans in the geologic timescale and units of chronostratigraphy.

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List of hundreds of England and Wales

Most of the counties of England were divided into hundreds from the late Saxon period and these were, with a few exceptions, effectively abandoned as administrative divisions in the 19th century.

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List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England

These monasteries were dissolved by King Henry VIII of England in the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

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List of museums in Shropshire

This list of museums in Shropshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

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List of Olympic mascots

The Olympic mascots are fictional characters, usually an animal native to the area or human figures, who represent the cultural heritage of the place where the Olympic and Paralympic Games are taking place.

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List of Olympic torch relays

The Olympic torch relay is the ceremonial relaying of the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece, to the site of an Olympic Games.

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List of places in Shropshire

This is a list of towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

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List of post towns in the United Kingdom

This is a list of post towns in the United Kingdom and Crown dependencies, sorted by the postcode area (the first part of the outward code of a postcode).

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List of postcode districts in the United Kingdom

This is a list of postcode districts in the United Kingdom and Crown dependencies.

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List of schools in Shropshire

This is a list of schools in Shropshire, England.

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List of towns in England

This is a list of towns in England.

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List of United Kingdom locations: Mos-Mz

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List of windmills in Shropshire

This is a list of windmills in the English county of Shropshire.

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List of works by Samuel Pountney Smith

Samuel Pountney Smith (1812 – 1883) was an English architect who practised in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

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Listed buildings in Berrington, Shropshire

Berrington is a civil parish in Shropshire, England.

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Listed buildings in Church Stretton

Church Stretton is a civil parish in Shropshire, England.

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Listed buildings in Cound

Cound is a civil parish in Shropshire, England.

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Listed buildings in Cressage

Cressage is a civil parish in Shropshire, England.

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Listed buildings in Harley, Shropshire

Harley is a civil parish in Shropshire, England.

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Little Wenlock

Little Wenlock is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.

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Local Government Act 1933

The Local Government Act 1933 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated and revised existing legislation that regulated local government in England (except the County of London) and Wales.

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Local Government Act 1958

The Local Government Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz.2 c.55) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom affecting local government in England and Wales outside London.

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Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)

Ludlow is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Philip Dunne, a Conservative.

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Mark Horton (archaeologist)

Mark Chatwin Horton, FSA (born 15 February 1956) is a British maritime and historical archaeologist, television presenter and writer.

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Marsh Farm Junction

Marsh Farm Junction was a railway junction in Shropshire where the GWR's line from Buildwas via Much Wenlock joined the LNWR/GWR joint line between Shrewsbury and Hereford.

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Mary Beard (classicist)

Dame Winifred Mary Beard, (born 1 January 1955) is an English scholar and classicist.

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Mary Webb

Mary Gladys Webb (25 March 1881 – 8 October 1927) was an English romantic novelist and poet of the early 20th century, whose work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people whom she knew.

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Matthew Green (British politician)

Matthew Roger Green (born 12 April 1970, Shropshire) was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Ludlow and his party's spokesman on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

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Mildburh

Saint Mildburh (alternatively Milburga or Milburgh) (died 715) was the Benedictine abbess of Wenlock Priory.

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Monkhopton

Monkhopton is a hamlet and civil parish in Shropshire, England.

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Morris dance

Morris dance is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied by music.

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Morville Priory

Morville Priory was a small Benedictine monastery in Shropshire, a cell of Shrewsbury Abbey.

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Much Wenlock Guildhall

The Much Wenlock Guildhall is a guildhall located on Wilmore Street in the small town of Much Wenlock.

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Much Wenlock Limestone Formation

The Much Wenlock Limestone Formation is a series of Silurian limestone beds that date back to the Homerian age, the early part of the Wenlock epoch.

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Much Wenlock railway station

Much Wenlock railway station was opened in 1862 by the Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway, which formed part of the Wellington to Craven Arms Railway.

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Municipal Corporations Act 1835

The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 (5 & 6 Wm. IV., c.76), sometimes known as the Municipal Reform Act, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in the incorporated boroughs of England and Wales.

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Munslow (hundred)

Munslow is a hundred of Shropshire, England.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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On the Resting-Places of the Saints

On the Resting-Places of the Saints is a heading given to two early medieval pieces of writing, also known as Þá hálgan and the Secgan, which exist in various manuscript forms in both Old English and Latin, the earliest surviving manuscripts of which date to the mid-11th century.

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Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford

Orlando George Charles Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford, PC, DL (24 April 1819 – 12 March 1898), styled Viscount Newport between 1825 and 1865, was a British courtier and Conservative politician.

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Paisley Abbey

Paisley Abbey is a former Cluniac monastery, and current Church of Scotland Protestant parish kirk, located on the east bank of the White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, about west of Glasgow, in Scotland.

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Patton (hundred)

Patton was a hundred of Shropshire, England.

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Patton, Shropshire

Patton is a hamlet in Shropshire, England.

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Pierre de Coubertin

Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (born Pierre de Frédy; 1 January 1863 – 2 September 1937, also known as Pierre de Coubertin and Baron de Coubertin) was a French educator and historian, and founder of the International Olympic Committee, as well as its second President.

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Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra

The Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra (or PHLO) were an eccentric band of British musicians, who joined together in early 1968 to play a fusion of comedy, jazz, and folk music, in a unique style which has been compared with The Temperance Seven and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

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Quarter session

The courts of quarter sessions or quarter sessions were local courts traditionally held at four set times each year in the Kingdom of England (including Wales) from 1388 until 1707, then in 18th-century Great Britain, in the later United Kingdom, and in other dominions of the British Empire.

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Railways of Shropshire

The English county of Shropshire has a fairly large railway network, with 19 National Rail stations on various national lines, as well as a small number of heritage and freight lines, including the famous heritage Severn Valley Railway running along its eastern border with Worcestershire.

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Religion in Mercia

Throughout its history the Kingdom of Mercia was a battleground between conflicting religious ideologies.

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Renfrewshire (historic)

Renfrewshire or the County of Renfrew (Praefectura Renfroana) is a historic county and lieutenancy area in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.

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Richard More (Mayflower passenger)

Richard More (16141694/1696) was born in Corvedale, Shropshire, England and was baptised at St.

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Richard Newport (died 1570)

Richard Newport (by 1511–12 September 1570) was an English landowner and politician of Shropshire origin, prominent regionally during the mid-Tudor and early Elizabethan periods.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren, Sabrina) is a river in the United Kingdom.

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Robert Bateman (artist)

Robert Bateman (1842–1922) was an English painter, architect and horticultural designer.

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Robert Corbet (died 1420)

Robert Corbet (1383–1420) of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, was an English soldier, politician and landowner who represented Shropshire twice in the House of Commons of England.

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Robert Jasper More

Robert Jasper More (30 October 1836 – 25 November 1903) was an English landowner, barrister and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1865 and 1903.

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Roger Preece

Roger Preece (born 9 June 1968, Much Wenlock, Shropshire) was an English professional footballer who mainly played as a Midfielderbut could also play as a full back.

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Rosemary Butler (politician)

Dame Rosemary Janet Mair Butler (née McGrath; born 21 January 1943) is a British politician who was Labour Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Newport West from 1999 until 2016.

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Rosemary Leach

Rosemary Anne Leach (18 December 1935 – 21 October 2017) was a British stage, television and film actress.

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Rushbury

Rushbury is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, roughly five miles from Church Stretton and eight miles from Much Wenlock.

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Samuel More

Samuel More (1593–1662) was at the centre of two historical incidents in seventeenth century England.

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Severn Valley Railway

The Severn Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England.

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Sheinton

Sheinton is a small rural village and civil parish just outside Telford, and within Shropshire.

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Shipton Hall

Shipton Hall is a large Elizabethan country house in the village of Shipton, Shropshire, England, which lies in the Corvedale valley some 7 miles south-west of Much Wenlock.

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Shit Brook

Shit Brook (also called Shyte Brook) is a culverted small stream in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England.

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Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, England.

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Shrewsbury Abbey

The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Shrewsbury (commonly known as Shrewsbury Abbey) is an ancient foundation in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England.

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Shrewsbury High School, Shropshire

Shrewsbury High School is an independent day school for girls from ages 3 to 18 and boys up to age 13 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (alternatively Salop; abbreviated, in print only, Shrops; demonym Salopian) is a county in the West Midlands of England, bordering Wales to the west, Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, and Worcestershire and Herefordshire to the south.

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Shropshire Archives

Shropshire Archives is located in Shrewsbury, England and is the archives and local studies service for the historic county of Shropshire, which includes the borough of Telford and Wrekin.

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Shropshire Hills

The Shropshire Hills is an upland area and one of the natural regions of England.

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Shropshire Way

The Shropshire Way is a waymarked long distance footpath running through the English county of Shropshire.

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Silas Taylor

Silas Taylor (1624–1678) was an English army officer of the Parliamentarian forces, known also as an antiquary and musical composer.

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Sir Charles Yate, 1st Baronet

Colonel Sir Charles Edward Yate, 1st Baronet, (28 August 1849 – 29 February 1940) was an English soldier and administrator in British India and later a politician in Britain.

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Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Baronet

Sir Edward Acton, 3rd Baronet (c. 1650 – 28 September 1716) was a British MP.

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Sir Francis Lawley, 2nd Baronet

Sir Francis Lawley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1630 – 25 October 1696) was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679.

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Sir Thomas Lawley, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Lawley, 1st Baronet (died 19 October 1646) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1625 and 1629.

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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.

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Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet

Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet (13 June 1617 – 1656) was an English lawyer and politician who sat for Shropshire in the House of Commons in the Short Parliament of 1640.

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Sport of athletics

Athletics is a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.

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St Leonard's Church, Linley

St Leonard's Church is in the hamlet of Linley, Shropshire, England.

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Stanton Long

Stanton Long is a small village and civil parish situated in the district of Corve Dale, Shropshire, England.

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Stretton Westwood

Stretton Westwood is a hamlet in Shropshire, England.

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Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games (Jeux olympiques d'été) or the Games of the Olympiad, first held in 1896, is an international multi-sport event that is hosted by a different city every four years.

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Sutton Farm

Sutton Farm is a suburb of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

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Telford

Telford is a large new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, about east of Shrewsbury, and north west of Birmingham.

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TF postcode area

The TF postcode area, also known as the Telford postcode area, is a group of thirteen postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of six post towns.

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Thomas Bromley (chief justice)

Sir Thomas Bromley (died 1555) was an English judge of Shropshire landed gentry origins who came to prominence during the Mid-Tudor period.

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Thomas Lodge (Lord Mayor of London)

Sir Thomas Lodge (c.1509 – 28 February 1584), was Lord Mayor of London.

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Thomas Prestbury

Thomas Prestbury (Thomas de Prestbury and Thomas Shrewsbury) was an English medieval Benedictine abbot and university Chancellor.

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Thomas Turner (potter)

Thomas Turner (1749 – February 1809) was an English potter.

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Time Team (series 1)

This is a list of Time Team episodes from series 1.

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Time Team (specials)

This is a list of Time Team Special episodes, aired between 1997 and 2014.

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Tony Levin (drummer)

Tony Levin (30 January 19403 February 2011) was an English jazz drummer.

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Track and field

Track and field is a sport which includes athletic contests established on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing.

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We'll to the Woods No More (John Ireland)

We'll to the Woods No More is a song cycle for voice and piano composed in 1928 by John Ireland.

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Wellington, Shropshire

Wellington is a town in the unitary authority of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England and now forms part of the new town of Telford, with which it has gradually become contiguous.

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Wenlock

Wenlock may refer to.

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Wenlock (Silurian)

The Wenlock (sometimes referred to as the Wenlockian) is the second series of the Silurian.

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Wenlock and Mandeville

Wenlock is the official mascot for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and Mandeville is the official mascot for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, both held in London, England, United Kingdom.

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Wenlock Edge

Wenlock Edge is a limestone escarpment near Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England and a site of special scientific interest because of its geology.

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Wenlock Olympian Games

The Wenlock Olympian Games, dating from 1850, are a forerunner of the modern Olympic Games.

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Wenlock Priory

Wenlock Priory, or St Milburga's Priory, is a ruined 12th century monastery, located in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, at.

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West Midlands (region)

The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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Wife selling (English custom)

Wife selling in England was a way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage by mutual agreement that probably began in the late 17th century, when divorce was a practical impossibility for all but the very wealthiest.

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Wilderhope Manor

Wilderhope Manor is a 16th-century manor house in the care of the National Trust.

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William Brookes School

William Brookes School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Much Wenlock in the English county of Shropshire.

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William Hutchings

William Edward Colebrooke Hutchings (31 May 1879 – 8 March 1948) was an English amateur cricketer who played in 24 first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club and Worcestershire County Cricket Club at the turn of the twentieth century.

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William Penny Brookes

William Penny Brookes (13 August 1809 – 11 December 1895) was an English surgeon, magistrate, botanist, and educationalist especially known for inspiring the modern Olympic Games, the Wenlock Olympian Games and for his promotion of physical education and personal betterment.

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William Vaughan (royalist)

Sir William Vaughan (died 1649) was an English royalist commander in the First English Civil War.

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Wyke, Shropshire

Wyke (or the Wyke) is a small hamlet in rural Shropshire, England, where it is part of the civil parish of Much Wenlock.

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(Much) Wenlock (UK Parliament constituency)

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 of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885, when it was abolished.

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12th century in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the century 1101 - 1200 to Wales and its people.

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1850 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1850 in the United Kingdom.

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1896 Summer Olympics

The 1896 Summer Olympics (Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 1896), officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was the first international Olympic Games held in modern history.

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2012 Cultural Olympiad

The 2012 Cultural Olympiad was a programme of cultural events across the United Kingdom that accompanied the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics.

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2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympics, formally the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, United Kingdom.

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2012 Summer Olympics marketing

2012 Summer Olympics marketing has been a long running campaign that began since London won its bid to host the games in 2005.

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2012 Summer Olympics torch relay

The 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from 19 May until 27 July, prior to the London 2012 Summer Olympics.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Much_Wenlock

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