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'''''Telford''''' is, before anything else, the family name of the eponymous [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Telford Thomas], the great Scottish engineer, known as the ''Colossus of Roads''.
 
'''''Telford''''' is, before anything else, the family name of the eponymous [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Telford Thomas], the great Scottish engineer, known as the ''Colossus of Roads''.
  
In his honour, the fastest growing city in the [[UK]] has been named after him. The [[University of Wolverhampton]] has some dependencies there.
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In his honour, the fastest growing city in the [[UK]] has been named after him. The [[University of Wolverhampton]] has some dependencies there. Among other places, it absorbed completely [[Wellington]].
 
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== Wellington ==
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'''''Wellington''''' used to be an independent village, named after Weola, a saxon settler, but it is now engulfed by Telford.
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It sits at the foot of the [[Wrekin]], one of the famous [[Shropshire]] hills. One can also find there [https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sunnycroft Sunnycroft], a preserved poor man's villa (which we however did not visit yet).
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We passed through Wellington to hike the Wrekin on {{thisday|1|October|2017}}.
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<center><wz tip="At what might be the most iconic place of Wellington, before our going ''round the Wrekin''.">[[File:wellington-1-oct-2017.jpg|720px]]</wz></center>
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Latest revision as of 20:53, 7 June 2020

Telford

Telford is, before anything else, the family name of the eponymous Thomas, the great Scottish engineer, known as the Colossus of Roads.

In his honour, the fastest growing city in the UK has been named after him. The University of Wolverhampton has some dependencies there. Among other places, it absorbed completely Wellington.