Wyke
Wyke is a small hamlet in rural Shropshire, England, where it is part of the civil parish of Much Wenlock. Its name may originate from Old English wice, Wych elm, but is more likely derived from the word wic, dwelling or village.Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Shropshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Wyke, Shropshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Benthall Hall and Former Church of St Bartholomew.
Benthall Hall
Photo: Gammock, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Benthall Hall is a 16th-century English country house in Benthall in the town of Broseley, Shropshire, England, and a few miles from the historic Ironbridge Gorge.
Museum of the Gorge
Museum
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Museum of the Gorge, originally the Severn Warehouse, is one of the ten museums of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. It portrays the history of the Ironbridge Gorge and the surrounding area of Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England. Museum of the Gorge is situated 1½ miles northeast of Wyke.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Benthall and Barrow.
Benthall
Village
Photo: Stephen Dewhirst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Benthall is a small village in the civil parish of Barrow, in Shropshire, England. It is situated to the south of Telford, about a mile south of Ironbridge on the River Severn, and almost contiguous with the town of Broseley.
Barrow
Hamlet
Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barrow is a hamlet and civil parish in Shropshire, England, some 5 miles south of Telford between Ironbridge and Much Wenlock. Although Barrow itself consists of a church and just a few dwellings, the parish extends from Broseley to the eastern edge of Much Wenlock; it also includes the hamlets of Willey and Benthall, and the lost settlement of Caughley.
Broseley
Town
Photo: Mike White, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broseley is a market town in Shropshire, England, with a population of 4,929 at the 2011 Census and an estimate of 5,022 in 2019. The River Severn flows to its north and east. Broseley is situated 1½ miles east of Wyke.
Wyke
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Much Wenlock, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.61589° or 52° 36′ 57″ northLongitude
-2.52134° or 2° 31′ 17″ westElevation
558 feet (170 metres)Open location code
9C4VJF8H+9FOpenStreetMap ID
node 52860355OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Wyke” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Wyke”
- French: “Wyke”
- Irish: “Wyke”
- Welsh: “Wyke, Swydd Amwythig”
- Welsh: “Wyke”
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