Old Methodist chapel at New Invention, Shropshire

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Old Methodist chapel at New Invention, Shropshire

Image: © Jeremy Bolwell Taken: 8 Apr 2012

This is a fine old Methodist chapel, dated 1874 I believe. The name of the hamlet may originate in the fact that a new type of water-powered spinning machine operated here in the early days of the Industrial Revolution. I have no idea about the origin of the neighbouring settlement, Purlogue.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.383938
Longitude
-3.038997