New Invention, Shropshire

New Invention
Houses at New Invention
New Invention Location within Shropshire
OS grid reference	SO293766
Civil parish	Clun
Unitary authority	Shropshire
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BUCKNELL
Postcode district	SY7
Dialling code	01547
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Ludlow
List of places 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.