Wrockwardine Wood
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| Wrockwardine Wood | |
|---|---|
 The Fountain Inn public house, Wrockwardine Wood | |
  Wrockwardine Wood Location within Shropshire | |
| Population | 5,440 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SJ705115 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| 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 | |
Wrockwardine Wood (pronounced "Rock-war-dine"[citation needed]) was originally a detached piece of woodland, then a township, formerly belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine. Wrockwardine is located approximately 7 miles west from Wrockwardine Wood.
Wrockwardine Wood is located in north east Telford, in Telford and Wrekin 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).[citation needed] The 2 Methodist chapels recently[when?] closed, being replaced by Oakengates United Church (Methodist and United Reformed Church.)[citation needed]
Wrockwardine Wood & Trench Parish Council has a Labour Party majority.[citation needed]
The Snake[edit]
"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[edit]
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.[2]
Notable people[edit]
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.[3]
Businessman and MI6 agent Greville Wynne (1919-1990) was born there.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "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.