Allscott is a small village north west of

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. The

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flows by. It falls within the

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and the borough of

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. Nearby is the small village of Walcot.

Etymology

The name derives of Aldescote which translates as ''Aldred's Cottage''.

Recent history

In 1927, a sugar beet factory (which came to be owned by

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), once stood in the village and was a major local employer. One of the small steam locomotives that used to work in the factory has been preserved at the

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in Staffordshire. The factory buildings have been demolished since its closure and in 2015, an application to build 470 homes on the site was granted permission by Telford and Wrekin Council. Concerns about overcrowded roads have led to calls for a railway station to be opened on the site as it is adjacent to the

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, but the developers have stated that a railway station is not in their plans.

Sport

Allscott Heath F.C. is the village's

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club based at the Allscott Sports & Social Club. The club currently compete in the . The 2022–23 season saw the club win the

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Division One title. They have also finished runners-up in the Mercian Regional League Premier Division (2015-16 season) and won the Shropshire County Challenge Cup on one occasion (2014–15), as well as the

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Division One league title (2011–12). Allscott Cricket Club play in Division 1 of the

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after being relegated from the Premier Division in 2014.

Namesake

There is another

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in Shropshire also called Allscott, but to the northeast of

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and in the parish of

Worfield Worfield is a village and civil parish in Shropshire in the West Midlands, England. It is northwest of London and west of Wolverhampton. It is north of Bridgnorth and southeast of Telford. The parish, which includes the hamlet of Chesterton, i ...

in south-east of the county.().

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