Annscroft is a small village in

Shropshire Shropshire (; abbreviated SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West M ...

, England. It is located on the

Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, northwest of Wolverhampton, west of Telford, southeast of Wrexham and north of Hereford. At the 2021 United ...

to Longden road, approximately 4 miles from Shrewsbury, with nearby hamlets

Arscott Arscott is a small hamlet in Shropshire, England. It is near to Plealey, Shorthill and Annscroft and within the civil parish of Pontesbury. The hamlet is spread out along Pound Lane and has a number of Victorian cottages associated with the ...

and Hook-a-Gate. The village is a linear settlement, laid along the one road, and is in the

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of Longden. Many of the houses were 'squatter cottages' built in the 19th century to house miners working in the local collieries, which closed by 1940. There is a church at the village's north-east end: Christ Church (C of E) was built in 1868–69, by Shrewsbury architect John Laurence Randall at a cost of £1,400, raised by subscription. It is of rubble-stone with sandstone dressings, in Early English style. The church contains three war memorials: a brass plaque on the south wall of the nave in memory of Trooper William Hulston who was killed in the Boer War of 1899-1902, a marble plaque in the chancel to 18 men who died through serving in

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and an electric blower organ with plaque to 9 men who died as a result of

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. The churchyard contains Commonwealth war graves of a Royal Welsh Fusiliers soldier of World War I and a

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airman of World War II. Half a mile north-west of the village is Moat Hall, a disguised timber-framed house built for the Berington family in about 1600, jetty underbuilt in brick. It gave its name to the Moat Hall Colliery, the largest mine in the vicinity, which was merged under one company with the colliery at Hanwood in 1921 and where coal ceased to be lifted in 1931. The village is home to bus and coach operator Minsterley Motors, South Shropshire Hunt Kennels, Stoneyford Riding School and The Farriers Business Park.

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