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. 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 the red brick Holy Trinity church, which is grade II listed.[2]
Wrockwardine Wood was a detached part of the manor and parish of Wrockwardine until becoming a separate civil parish in 1884. Wrockwardine Wood civil parish was abolished in 1934, when it was absorbed into Oakengates parish.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
↑ "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.
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