New Invention, Shropshire

New Invention
Houses at New Invention
New Invention is located in Shropshire
New Invention
New Invention
Location within Shropshire
OS grid referenceSO293766
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBUCKNELL
Postcode districtSY7
Dialling code01547
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Shropshire
52°22′59″N 3°02′17″W / 52.383°N 3.038°W / 52.383; -3.038

New Invention is a hamlet in Shropshire, England on the A488 between Clun and Knighton.[1] It comprises little more than four houses around a cross-roads and a neighbouring farm called The Weir, known in history as the Wear or Ware. Of the four houses, one was a blacksmith's shop, one a pub called the Stag's Head, and one a Methodist chapel built in 1874. It served as one of many local locations for the film Gone to Earth (released 1950), directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.[2] The River Redlake passes through. The population as of the 2011 census is listed under Clun.

  1. ^ "New Invention, Shropshire". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  2. ^ "IMDB". Retrieved 20 November 2007.