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Oakengates is a constituent town of Telford and a civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. The towns parish population was recorded as 8,517 in the 2001 census. [1] Etymology.
OAKENGATES, a chapelry in Shiffnal and Wombridge parishes, Salop; on Watlingstreet, on the Coalportbranch of the Northwestern railway, and on the Chester, Shrewsbury, and Wolverhampton section of the Great Western railway, 3¼ miles E by S of Wellington. It was constituted in 1855; and it has stations with telegraph on the railways, and a post ...
Apr 1, 2005 · Oakengates Theatre (owned by Telford & Wrekin Borough Council) is the largest theatre in Shropshire, with a capacity of just under 650.
Type: Town with 8,520 residents. Description: town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. Categories: civil parish and locality. Location: Oakengates, Telford and Wrekin, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap.
The heart of modern-day Telford, Oakengates is a historic market town with origins to Roman Britain. Forged from the abundance of coal and ironstone, since the 14th century to the industrial...
3 days ago · Oakengates, a late medieval hamlet on its eastern edge, stood on Watling Street 4 km. east of Wellington. Oakengates grew into a sizeable town in the mid 19th century, dwarfing the small settlement at Wombridge, and in 1895 Wombridge parish council tried, though unsuccessfully, to change the parish name to Oakengates.
Oakengates. Oakengates is a town in Shropshire which now forms part of the new town of Telford. The parish's population was recorded as 8,517 in the 2001 census. The town's name has nothing to do with 'Oak' or 'Gates' but is apparently derived from the ancient British name for the valley which was Usc-con, from Usc menaing "water" and the Cond ...
