The Moat
The Moat is a building in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England. The Moat is situated nearby to the forest New Plantation, as well as near Withy Beds.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wenlock Priory and Church of St Mary, Harley.
Wenlock Priory
Photo: Speedbird2064, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wenlock Priory, or St Milburga's Priory, is a ruined 12th-century monastery, located in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, at grid reference SJ625001. Roger de Montgomery re-founded the Priory as a Cluniac house between 1079 and 1082, on the site of an earlier 7th-century monastery. Wenlock Priory is situated 1½ miles southeast of The Moat.
Church of St Mary, Harley
Church
Photo: Roger Kidd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary, Harley is situated 1 mile southwest of The Moat.
Church of St Peter and St Paul
Church
Photo: Gammock, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of St Peter and St Paul is situated 1 mile north of The Moat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Homer and Harley.
Homer
Village
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Homer is a small village in Shropshire, England, north of the town of Much Wenlock. The name first appears in the 14th century as "Honemor". Originally common land called Homer Wood, the settlement developed from squatters' cottages encroaching on the common during the 17th century.
Harley
Village
Photo: Roger Kidd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Shropshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 163.
Sheinton
Hamlet
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Sheinton is a small rural village and civil parish just outside Telford, and within Shropshire. It is situated on the south bank of the River Severn opposite the Wrekin, a notable Shropshire landmark.
The Moat
- Type: Agricultural structure
- Categories: building and agriculture
- Location: Much Wenlock, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.61753° or 52° 37′ 3″ northLongitude
-2.57947° or 2° 34′ 46″ westLevels
1Open location code
9C4VJC9C+26OpenStreetMap ID
way 401818686OpenStreetMap feature
building=farm_auxiliary
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