Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Wenlock. You may be able to find further references to Wenlock in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Much Wenlock market town Bartholomew
Wenlock municipal borough with railway station Bartholomew
WENLOCK (Much) AND SEVERN-JUNCTION RAILWAY a railway Imperial

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Wenlock.

Place Type of entry Source
Atterley township Bartholomew
ATTERLEY a township Imperial
Bourton township Bartholomew
BOURTON a township Imperial
Callaughton place Bartholomew
CALLAUGHTON a township Imperial
Farley hamlet Bartholomew
FARLEY a township Imperial
HARLEY with WIGWIG and HOMER a township Imperial
HOMER a township Imperial
PRESTHOPE a township Imperial
ROWLEY a hamlet Imperial
WALTON a township Imperial
WIGWIG a township Imperial
WYKE a township Imperial

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Wenlock within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Gerald of Wales Book II, Ch. 13: Ludlow and Hereford 2
William Camden Shropshire and Cheshire 2
Gerald of Wales Introduction 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Bourton 0 4
Harley 0 2
Acton Round 0 2
Hughley 0 2
Kenley 0 2
Posenhall 0 2
Monkhopton 0 4
Aston Eyre 0 2
Barrow 0 2
Sheinton 0 3
Cressage 0 2
Easthope 0 2
Benthall 4 2
Willey 2 2
Buildwas 2 2
Stanton Long 0 2
Leighton 0 2
Upton Cressett 0 2
Morville 0 2
Cound 0 2