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Munslow has a number of businesses: the Crown Country Inn, Coseley House Bed & Breakfast and the Crown Garage (currently closed). The Crown Country Inn is situated at the south end of the village and was formally the area's 'hundred house'. It is now the hub of the community, and also provides
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The Wildgoose Nursery at Lower Millichope is a new venture in the Walled Garden of Millichope Park. It was created in 2011 to safeguard the Bouts collection of Perennial Violas, Wildegoose Nursery has gained a reputation for both its violas and an extensive range of perennials and grasses. At the
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Munslow was home to a school until 1982. It was located in the centre of the village where 'The Old School House' stands today. The name is not known, but at the height of its catchment in 1902, at least 98 pupils were believed to have regularly attended class.
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Today, Munslow is a sparsely spread village with no community recreation area. At the centre of the village, however, there is a large World War II memorial, a village notice board, an antiquated water trough and a post box.
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grade II or above, although it has never had any major historical significance, the 'hundred house' of Munslow hundred acted as the centre for local administration and judicial functions for many centuries.
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The village does not have a shop (the Post Office which closed in the early 1990s was situated in the Old Bakery), but there is one in the Aston Munslow Garage, one mile away south towards Craven Arms.
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which was being dissolved. The hundred of Munslow was divided into "upper" and "lower" divisions. Although never formally abolished, the hundreds of England have become obsolete.
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The village of Munslow is in the parish of Munslow, which also includes Aston Munslow and the hamlets of Broadstone, Hungerford and Beambridge.
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accommodation for guests. The building itself is Grade II listed and comprises architecture ranging from the 17th through the 19th centuries.
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centre of the garden sits the newly restored range of Georgian curvilinear glasshouses; restored with the aid of grants from the
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The White House in Aston Munslow is a medieval hall house that has undergone considerable alteration over the centuries. It is a
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Millichope Park is a Greek Revival country house which stands in 220 acres (90 Hectares) of ornamental parkland. It also is a
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and Upper Millichope. Running through the village is the small stream called 'Corve Brook'; this flows into the larger
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The 'hundred house' for Munslow hundred was originally located in Aston Munslow, but has stood in Munslow since the
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of Aston, which featured in the Domesday Book. The name Munslow derives from a place at a mound or
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Munslow as a settlement has a history dating back at least 1,000 years, with Munslow a part of the
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Munslow is located in the mid-southern region of Shropshire. It borders the Shropshire Hills
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which had various local administrative and legal functions for centuries, until the
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The Reverend Francis Stedman, the father of the famous pioneering 17th century
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1948 to 1962 (moved) – Boys' secondary boarding school at Millichope Park.
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of Aston (which Munslow belonged to) formed part of the Saxon hundred of
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and is now a local restaurant and pub known as 'The Crown Country Inn'.
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1943 to 1945 – Roman Catholic school evacuated from Kent during
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The Wild Goose nursery in the Walled garden, Millichope Park.
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During weekdays and term time, two services run between
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c.1849 to 1982 – Munslow old farm house re-opened as a '
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Munslow is a historic village with over 29 houses being
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The village formed part of and gave its name to the
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Aston Munslow

Munslow is located in Shropshire
Shropshire
OS grid reference
SO521876
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Shropshire
Ceremonial county
Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Craven Arms
Postcode district
SY7
Dialling code
Police
West Mercia
Fire
Shropshire
Ambulance
West Midlands
UK Parliament
Ludlow
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