Wrekin

/ (ˈriːkɪn) /

the Wrekin an isolated hill in the English Midlands in Telford and Wrekin unitary authority, Shropshire. Height: 400 m (1335 ft)

round the Wrekin or all round the Wrekin Midland English dialect the long way round he went all round the Wrekin instead of explaining clearly

Example sentences from the Web for wrekin

Think of the woods at the bottom of the Wrekin, and those delightful fir plantations near Tibberton.

Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children |W. Houghton
Cressage station is the nearest and most convenient on the Severn Valley line from which to reach the Wrekin.

Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway |J. Randall
In the language of the gentry many miles round the Wrekin, to go to Shrewsbury was to go to town.

The History of England from the Accession of James II. |Thomas Babington Macaulay
Here is another fungus, and a species which I am very glad to find in the Wrekin woods, though it grows but sparingly.

Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children |W. Houghton

Such is Wrekin in Shropshire, which some people have supposed to have been a volcano.

Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) |James Hutton