{{Short description|Village in Shropshire, England}} {{use British English|date=October 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{infobox UK place| |country = England |static_image_name = Cottages in Allscott (geograph 2639197).jpg |static_image_caption = Cottages in Allscott |coordinates = {{coord|52.714|-2.573|display=inline,title}} |official_name = Allscott |population = |population_ref = |civil_parish = Wrockwardine |unitary_england = Telford and Wrekin |lieutenancy_england = Shropshire |region = West Midlands |constituency_westminster= The Wrekin |post_town = TELFORD |postcode_district = TF6 |postcode_area = TF |dial_code = 01952 |os_grid_reference = SJ612131 }}
'''Allscott''' is a small village {{convert|3|mi}} north west of Wellington, Shropshire.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mason|first1=Oliver|title=Bartholomew gazetteer of places in Britain|date=1986|publisher=Bartholomew|location=Edinburgh|isbn=9780702807312|page=5}}</ref> The River Tern flows by. It falls within the parish of Wrockwardine and the borough of Telford and Wrekin. Nearby is the small village of Walcot.
==Etymology== The name derives of Aldescote which translates as ''Aldred's Cottage''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Raven|first1=Michael|title=A guide to Shropshire|date=2005|publisher=Michael Raven|location=Market Drayton|isbn=0 906114 34 9|page=17}}</ref>
==Recent history== In 1927, a factory for processing sugar beet<ref>{{cite book|last1=Trinder|first1=Barrie|title=Ahistory of Shropshire|date=1983|publisher=Phillimore|location=Chichester|isbn=9780850334753|page=132}}</ref> (which came to be owned by British Sugar), was built near to the village and became a major local employer. Two silos each with a capacity to store 10,000 tons of granulated sugar were constructed by John Laing & Sons on the site in 1961.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A view towards two sugar silos at Allscott Sugar Beet Factory showing the construction work nearing completion (JLP01/08/060796) Archive Item - John Laing Photographic Collection {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/item/JLP01/08/060796 |access-date=17 November 2025 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> One of the small steam locomotives that used to work in the factory has been preserved at the Foxfield Railway in Staffordshire. The factory closed in 2007,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 February 2007 |title=Beet factory finally closes |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/farming/2007/02/02/beet-factory-finally-closes/ |access-date=17 November 2025 |website=shropshirestar.com}}</ref> and most of the factory buildings demolished shortly thereafter. In 2009, the silos were pulled down.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 January 2009 |title=Sugar beet silos fall bit by bit |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/pictures/2009/01/19/sugar-beet-silos-fall-bit-by-bit/ |access-date=17 November 2025 |website=shropshirestar.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2015, an application to build 470 homes on the site was granted permission by Telford and Wrekin Council.<ref>{{cite news|title=Housing approved for Allscott sugar beet factory site|url=http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2015/06/23/housing-approved-for-allscott-sugar-beet-factory-site/|accessdate=6 October 2016|work=Shropshire Star|date=23 June 2015}}</ref> Construction of the housing estate named Allscot Meads commenced in 2020,<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Lisa |date=21 July 2021 |title=First homes taking shape at old Shropshire sugar beet factory |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/health/coronavirus-covid19/2020/07/21/first-homes-taking-shape-on-former-factory-site-between-telford-and-shrewsbury/ |access-date=17 November 2025 |website=shropshirestar.com |language=en}}</ref> followed in 2023 by the opening of Allscot Meads Primary School,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=5 September 2023 |title=New primary school is officially opened at Allscott Meads |url=https://allscottmeads.lct.education/new-primary-school-is-officially-opened-at-allscott-meads/ |access-date=17 November 2025 |website=Allscott Meads Primary and Nursery |language=en-GB}}</ref> and provision of new sports facilities included a clubhouse, football pitches and bowling greens.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Giddins |first=Andy |date=27 April 2023 |title=Work begins on new Allscott sporting facilities |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd1g978p8w6o |access-date=17 November 2025 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Concerns about overcrowded roads have led to calls for a railway station to be opened on the site as it is adjacent to the Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton Line, but the developers have stated that a railway station is not in their plans.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jones|first1=Carl|title=Developers turn down rail station suggestion|journal=Telford Journal|date=17 April 2014|page=4|issn=1352-1543}}</ref>
==Sport== Allscott Heath F.C. is the village's association football club based at the Allscott Sports & Social Club. The club currently compete in the {{English football updater|AllscotH}}. The 2022–23 season saw the club win the West Midlands (Regional) League 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 Shropshire County Football League Division One league title (2011–12).
Allscott Cricket Club play in Division 1 of the Shropshire County Cricket League after being relegated from the Premier Division in 2014.
==Namesake== There is another hamlet in Shropshire also called Allscott, but to the northeast of Bridgnorth and in the parish of Worfield in south-east of the county.({{gbmapping|SO737962|SO737962}}).
==See also== *Listed buildings in Wrockwardine
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==External links== * [http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw032017 Aerial imagery of the sugar factory from 1930] *[https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/item/JLP01/08/060796 Image of sugar beet factory silos nearing completion in 1961] {{Commons category}} {{authority control}}
Category:Villages in Shropshire Category:Telford and Wrekin Category:Wrockwardine
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