New Invention, Shropshire

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For the village in the West Midland, see New Invention, Walsall.

New Invention is a village in the South Shropshire district of Shropshire, England on the A488 between Clun and Knighton. It has a Methodist chapel built in 1874.

The story goes that the name came about from a local blacksmith who hit on the idea of fitting horseshoes backwards to confuse the enemy in times of war.[1]

New Invention served as a location for the film Gone to Earth (released 1950) and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger[2].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Clun - Part of the GO2 Shropshire Visitors Guide
  2. ^ IMDB. Retrieved on 20 November 2007.


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