We could not match "WREKIN" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 16 possible matches we have found for you:

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "WREKIN":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  APLEY CASTLE	Shropshire	Wellington, and 2¾ miles N of the Wrekin, Salop. It was the head house of the Charletons in the time of Leland.	Imperial
  APLEY PARK	Shropshire	about a mile long, commands a superb panoramic view to the Clents, the Malverns, Clee, wenlock Edge, and the Wrekin.	Imperial
  ASTON	Shropshire	ASTON , a township in Wellington parish, Salop; near Watling-street, under the Wrekin, 2 miles SW of Wellington. Pop., 84.	Imperial
  ATCHAM	Shropshire	Wrekin. It also bears the name of Attingham; and has an inn. The parish includes also the townships of Berwick	Imperial
  BUILDWAS	Shropshire	Wrekin, and 4 NE of Much-Wenlock. It has a station on the railway, at the junction; and its Post	Imperial
  COALBROOKDALE, or Colebrookdale	Shropshire	Wrekin, and 5 S of Wellington. It has a post office under Wellington, Salop, a banking office, a handsome new church	Imperial
  DAWLEY-MAGNA	Shropshire	Wrekin, near Horsehay r. station, and 4 miles SE by S of Wellington. It has a post office, ‡ of the name	Imperial
  LEIGHTON	Shropshire	Wrekin, forming a grand feature, and commanding an extensive view, is on the NE border. The living is a vicarage	Imperial
  MOEL-FAMMAU	Denbighshire Flintshire	view of the entire vale of Clwyd, and a vast panoramic view to CaderIdris, Snowdon, the Wrekin, and the Cumberland Black Comb.	Imperial
  RUSHTON	Shropshire	RUSHTON , a township in Wroxeter parish, Salop; under the Wrekin, 3 miles S W of Wellington.	Imperial
  SHROPSHIRE, or Salop	Shropshire	Wrekin, near Wellington, 1,320 feet high; the Clee hills, in the SE, 1,805 feet high; and the Long	Imperial
  WELLINGTON	Shropshire	Wrekin, and 10½ E of Shrewsbury; was originally called Watling-town from Watling-street; was the place where Charles	Imperial
  WENLOCK (Little)	Shropshire	Wrekin, 1 mile W of Horsehay r. station, and 3¼ S of Wellington. Post town, Horsehay, under Wellington, Salop	Imperial
  Wrekin, The	Shropshire	Wrekin, The , craggy hill, Shropshire, 2½ miles SW. of Wellington, alt. 1320 ft.; the summit commands an extensive prospect	Bartholomew
  WREKIN (The)	Shropshire	WREKIN (The) , a craggy trap mountain in the E of Salop; 2½ miles SW of Wellington. It is 1,320 feet	Imperial
  WROXETER	Shropshire	Wrekin, and 5¾ SE by E of Shrewsbury; was known to the ancient British as Caer-Vrauch, -to the Romans	Imperial

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