Much Wenlock
Much Wenlock is a community and also parish in Shropshire, England, located on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and also Bridgnorth. Nearby, to the northeast, is the Ironbridge Gorge, and the new town of Telford. The civil church consists of the villages of Homer (1 mile north of the town), Wyke (2 miles northeast), Atterley (2 miles southeast) and Bourton (3 miles southwest). The population of the civil parish, according to the 2001 census, was 2,605, raising to 2,877 at the 2011 Census. Much Wenlock was historically the primary community of the old borough of Wenlock. The "Much" was included in the name to differentiate it from the neighboring Little Wenlock, as well as represents that it is the bigger of the two negotiations. Noteworthy historic tourist attractions in the community are Wenlock Priory as well as the Guildhall. The name Wenlock possibly comes from the Celtic name Wininicas, implying "white location" (of the limestone of Wenlock Edge), plus the Old English loca, implying "confined location". The town was recorded in the Domesday Book as Wenloch. The Wenlock Olympian Games established by Dr William Penny Brookes in 1850 are centred in the community. Dr Brookes is attributed as a founding father of the contemporary Olympic Games, and one of the London 2012 Summer Olympics mascots; called Wenlock after the community.