- New Invention, Shropshire
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For the village in the West Midlands, see New Invention, Willenhall.
Houses at New Invention.
New Invention is a village in Shropshire, England on the A488 between Clun and Knighton. It has a Methodist chapel built in 1874.
There is a story that the village's unusual name came about from a local blacksmith who hit on the idea of fitting horseshoes backwards to confuse the enemy in times of war.[1] However, a more credible but prosaic explanation is that the village was the first in the district where spinning was carried out using water power.[2]
New Invention served as a location for the film Gone to Earth (released 1950) and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.[3]
Village sign.Location
Destinations from New Invention, Shropshire 
Clun Llanfair Waterdine 
Chapel Lawn 
New Invention 
Knighton References
- ^ Clun - Part of the GO2 Shropshire Visitors Guide
- ^ Foxall, H D G. Shropshire field-names, Shropshire Archaeological Society, 1980, p.66
- ^ "IMDB". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042513/locations. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
External links
Media related to New Invention, Shropshire at Wikimedia CommonsCoordinates: 52°23′02″N 3°02′20″W / 52.3839°N 3.0388°W
Ceremonial county of Shropshire Boroughs or districts Major settlements Bishop's Castle • Bridgnorth • Broseley • Church Stretton • Cleobury Mortimer • Clun • Craven Arms • Ellesmere • Ludlow • Market Drayton • Much Wenlock • Newport • Oswestry • Shifnal • Shrewsbury • Telford (Dawley • Madeley • Oakengates • Wellington) • Wem • Whitchurch
See also: List of civil parishes in ShropshireRivers Topics Categories:- Villages in Shropshire
- Shropshire geography stubs
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