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'Wem' is a small market town in Shropshire, England. It is the administrative centre of North Shropshire district and has a railway station - Wem railway station.
Only a few miles south of the town is the county town of Shropshire, Shrewsbury. North Shropshire District Council has its headquarters at Edinburgh House, in the center of Wem.
The civil parish which constitutes the town is Wem Urban - see also Wem Rural.
Within the town the Sweet Pea was first born, under the name the Eckford Sweet Pea, after its inventor, nursery-man Henry Eckford. He first introduced a variety of the sweet pea in 1882, and set up in Wem in 1888, developing and producing many varieties. There is a road to signify the Eckford name, called Eckford Park (within Wem). Each year, the Eckford Sweet Pea Society of Wem hold a Sweet Pea Show. In Victorian times, the town was known as "Wem, where the sweet peas grow".
Within the town there are also four churches. The best known of these churches is Wem Baptist Church, Chapel Street. It is also know for the youth works that are run during school days.
Wem is twinned with the town Fismes (pronounced or ''"feems"''), in France, which also has its own road in Wem, called Fismes Way.
The River Roden flows to the south of the town.
Each year Wem holds a carnival on the first Saturday of September.
Wem was the birthplace of actors Peter Vaughan and Peter Jones.

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References

★ The Story of Wem by Iris Woodward (1952)

★ The History of Wem by Samuel Garbet (1818)

External links

★ Official Wem Town Web Site - history, events, information

★ Shropshire Tourism Information on Wem - The official tourism website for Shropshire