Wrockwardine Wood

Wrockwardine Wood
Wrockwardine Wood
	The Fountain Inn public house, Wrockwardine Wood
	Wrockwardine Wood Location within Shropshire
Population	5,440 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ705115
Civil parish	Wrockwardine Wood and Trench ;
Unitary authority	Telford and Wrekin ;
Ceremonial county	Shropshire ;
Region	West Midlands ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Telford
Postcode district	TF2
Dialling code	01952
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Telford ;
	List of places UK England Shropshire 52°42′07″N2°26′49″W / 52.702°N 2.447°W

Last updated December 19, 2024

Wrockwardine Wood (pronounced "Rock-war-dine"^{[ citation needed ]}) is a village in the Telford and Wrekin borough in Shropshire, England and is bordered by Donnington, St Georges, Trench, The Nabb and Oakengates. The local government parish of Wrockwardine Wood and Trench comprises most of the Church of England parish of Wrockwardine Wood. In the eighteenth century industrial revolution Wrockwardine Wood was inhabited by coal and iron mine workers and their families.^{[ citation needed ]} So many people had become Primitive Methodists that the Church of England set up a new parish in 1833 and built a very attractive red brick church (Holy Trinity), which is grade II listed.^[2]

The Snake

"The Snake" is a small woodland area in Wrockwardine Wood. It was also known as the Cinder Hill for many years.^{[ citation needed ]} It consists of one main lake and many small swamps along with a large field and many pathways connecting Wrockwardine Wood to Donnington.

The route of the Donnington Canal ran through the southern section of the area,^{[ citation needed ]} and there was also a Tin Chapel (the "dissident Methodist" Central Hall) that sat on top of one of the many "hills", but was dismantled during the 1980s.^{[ citation needed ]}

The area is commonly known as "The Snake" because of its winding paths which locals say reminded them of a snake.^{[ citation needed ]} The surrounding woods and clearings landscaped by Wrekin Council^{[ who? ]} are signposted as "The Central Hall".

The area is used by many people, especially those travelling to and from schools and the supermarket in Donnington Wood on the site of a former pit mound known as the Nobby Bank.^{[ citation needed ]} The hilly wooded Cockshutt is nearby. Wrekin Council^{[ who? ]} preserved these old industrial places as countryside.^{[ citation needed ]}

Education

Wrockwardine Wood is home of secondary school Telford Priory School, in New Road, created in 2015 from the amalgamation of Wrockwardine Wood Art Academy (founded originally as Wrockwardine Wood Secondary School) and Sutherland Co-operative Academy.^[3]

Notable people

Champion jockey Sir Gordon Richards (1904-1986) grew up in childhood at Wrockwardine Wood where he lived at 1 The Limes, a row of cottages in Plough Road built on land bought by his mother and still standing. He rode helping his parents' pony and trap service to Oakengates station.^[4]

Businessman and MI6 agent Greville Wynne (1919-1990) was born there.^[5]

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References

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 1 December 2015.
↑ Historic England. "Holy Trinity Church (1351998)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 December 2024.
↑ "Ofsted rates Wrockwardine Wood academy "inadequate"". BBC News. 13 April 2015.
↑ "Great Lives: Champ Gordon's iron will for first place brings end to Derby curse". Shropshire Star. 21 February 2022. pp. 20, 29.Article by Toby Neal, part of series on Midlands worthies.
↑ Olsen, Catherine (13 November 1981). "From Interrogation in the Lubyanka to rose-growing in Majorca" . The Evening Standard. p. 7. Retrieved 12 December 2021– via Newspapers.com.

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[1] "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 1 December 2015.

[2] Historic England. "Holy Trinity Church (1351998)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 December 2024.

[3] "Ofsted rates Wrockwardine Wood academy "inadequate"". BBC News. 13 April 2015.

[4] "Great Lives: Champ Gordon's iron will for first place brings end to Derby curse". Shropshire Star. 21 February 2022. pp. 20, 29.Article by Toby Neal, part of series on Midlands worthies.

[5] Olsen, Catherine (13 November 1981). "From Interrogation in the Lubyanka to rose-growing in Majorca" . The Evening Standard. p. 7. Retrieved 12 December 2021– via Newspapers.com.

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