18~Reynolds Way circular walk Traditional Cache
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18~Reynolds Way circular walk
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Reynolds Way
A circular walk with 20 caches along roads, lanes and public paths, encompassing an area of great importance during the Industrial Revolution.
Points of Interest: Ketley Hall, Parkers Pool, Newdale Tramway Bridge.
other caches along the way.
1. GC28DK5
2. GC28DPN
3. GC28DNQ
4. GC2P9PG
5. GC2R57P
6. GC2QVFQ
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1 Bank House This is a typical Georgian house built in brick with stone dressings. It retains some of its tall sash windows with their fine glazing bars. The house, now divided into separate units, was a former residence of William Reynolds.
2 St Mary's Church Although this church has medieval features, note the Norman style bell tower, it was built in 1838 and provides a fine example of Gothic revival in Victorian architecture.
3 Former Squatters Cottage Squatters originally built cottages here at the end of the C18: only the better ones have survived.
4 Quarry Lane Here limestone was quarried for use in the local foundries.
5 Paddock Mount This mound was formed from the spoil of two pits. From the top there are fine views across 180° from the Wrekin in the west across north Telford to Lilleshall in the east. The path here is of a steep gradient and the steps down are also very steep. There is an alternative route that less able walkers may choose to take.
6 Ketley Hall C18 brick house with late C18 early C19 wings. Joshua Reynolds, son of Richard, lived here probably after 1793.
7 Railway station site The old railway is now part of the Ironbridge Way footpath, alongside the former site of the platform of Ketley station, there remains some trackway.
8 Roman Road - Watling Street Halfway down, in the left bank is the blocked off entrance to a tunnel, once used to transport sand from Ketley sand quarries, beneath the road, to the Sinclair Ironworks (once part owned by Richard Reynolds). At the bottom of this road is Ketley Brook and Ketley Sands.
9 Parkers Pool Water from here was once used in the iron making process and as a topping pool for Ketley canal.
10 Newdale tramway bridge This is a grade ll listed building and it carried a plate railway that was used for transporting materials to and from nearby foundries and mines. Here Reynolds built houses, a school and chapel for his employees in the village of Newdale. Nothing of the site now remains except the bridge and cast iron columns, which have been excavated and are stored at Blists Hill Victorian Town.
11 Methodist chapel A chapel, dating from the late C19, that is still in full use.
12 WeighBridge These are the remains of the weigh bridge office.
13 Squatters Cottages These are good examples of squatter's cottages that date from the late C18.
The Reynolds Way walk PDF file is available for download on the following link.
http://www.shropshirewalking.co.uk/downloads/Reynolds-Way-Leaflet.pdf
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