They are organised by the Wenlock Olympian Society (WOS), and are held each year at venues across Shropshire, England, and centred on the little market town of Much Wenlock .
Much Wenlock | Wenlock Hill | John Wenlock, 1st Baron Wenlock | Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock | Wenlock Edge | Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock | Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock |
Three possible extensions were proposed from Ditton Priors: east to Bridgnorth; north east to Coalport; north to Presthope (near Much Wenlock).
Marsh Farm Junction was a railway junction in Shropshire where the GWR's line from Buildwas via Much Wenlock joined the LNWR/GWR joint line between Shrewsbury and Hereford.
Samuel More was the husband of Katherine More, whose father, Jasper More, was master of Larden, a 1000-acre estate between Much Wenlock and Ludlow in Shropshire, England.
Dr. William Penny Brookes, from the United Kingdom, further developed his Olympian Class sports events held in Much Wenlock in the 1850s, by adopting some events from the 1859 Athens Olympic Games into the programme of future Wenlock Olympian Games.
Henry Bridgeman, 1st Baron Bradford (1725–1800), British MP for Ludlow & (Much) Wenlock
Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington (c. 1655–1719), English MP for Ludlow, Winchelse, (Much) Wenlock and Teller of the Exchequer