Much Wenlock - Steeped in History

Much Wenlock is almost alarmingly close to the urban sprawl of Telford. This small town in the heart of what the marketeers now call ‘The Shropshire Hills’ sits on the main road from Shrewsbury to Bridgenorth, on the slopes of he Severn Valley and in the lee of the sharp limestone escarpment of Wenlock Edge.
If ever an English country town can be said to be steeped in history it is Much Wenlock. It pre-dates the Domesday Book by several centuries, and grew up around an abbey founded by Merewalh, a son of King Penda of Mercia, who installed his daughter Milburga as abbess in 687.