Much Wenlock

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Much Wenlock is a historic market town in England renowned as the birthplace of the modern Olympic Games movement through the Wenlock Olympian Games.

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Much Wenlock canonical 6
Much Wenlock Museum 1
Much Wenlock Town Council 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
town
administrativeDivision Much Wenlock self-linksurface differs
surface form: Much Wenlock civil parish
ceremonialCounty Shropshire
coordinateLocation 52.595°N 2.557°W
country England
distanceTo approximately 12 miles southeast of Shrewsbury
approximately 5 miles south of Ironbridge
approximately 8 miles northwest of Bridgnorth
governingBody Much Wenlock self-linksurface differs
surface form: Much Wenlock Town Council
hasArchitectureStyle medieval timber-framed buildings
hasCulturalInstitution Much Wenlock Museum
hasDialCode 01952
hasEconomySector local retail and services
tourism
hasEvent Wenlock Olympian Games
hasFestival events linked to Wenlock Olympian Games
hasHeritageDesignation conservation area (town centre)
hasHistoricalOrigin Anglo-Saxon England
surface form: Anglo-Saxon period
hasLandmark Guildhall, Much Wenlock
Holy Trinity Church, Much Wenlock
Much Wenlock self-linksurface differs
surface form: Much Wenlock Museum

Olympian Trail
Wenlock Priory
hasNameEtymology derived from Old English for "much" or "great" Wenlock
hasParishChurch Holy Trinity Church, Much Wenlock
hasPopulation approximately 3000
hasPostcodeDistrict TF13
hasRailwayHistory former Much Wenlock railway station
hasReligiousSite Holy Trinity Church, Much Wenlock
hasStatus market town
historicCounty Shropshire
inspired Pierre de Coubertin
knownFor Wenlock Olympian Games
influence on the modern Olympic Games
locatedIn Shropshire
West Midlands
locatedNear Bridgnorth
Iron Bridge
surface form: Ironbridge

Shrewsbury
locatedOn A458 road NERFINISHED
B4371 road
B4378 road
nearGeographicalFeature Wenlock Edge
partOf Shropshire Council
surface form: Shropshire Council area
region West Midlands
twinnedWith Frohnhausen, Germany

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Shropshire contains Much Wenlock
Wenlock namedAfter Much Wenlock
Much Wenlock hasLandmark Much Wenlock self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Much Wenlock Museum
Much Wenlock governingBody Much Wenlock self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Much Wenlock Town Council
Much Wenlock administrativeDivision Much Wenlock self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Much Wenlock civil parish
Broseley locatedNorthOf Much Wenlock
Wenlock Olympian Games location Much Wenlock
Wenlock Olympian Games namedAfter Much Wenlock
WV postTown Much Wenlock
subject surface form: WV postcode area