Ketley
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| Ketley | |
|---|---|
 Ketley | |
  Ketley Location within Shropshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ676109 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Telford |
| Postcode district | TF1 |
Ketley is a large village and civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin of Shropshire, England. It is located between the outlying towns of Oakengates, Telford and Wellington.
Residential development
[edit]East Ketley is currently being re-developed as part of the Telford Millennium Community, part of the Millennium Communities Programme. It will consist of around 750 new homes and some live/work units, a new primary school, some small offices and retail and leisure services in a masterplan designed by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands.
The site originally consisted of just a small terrace of Victorian houses amid old mineshafts, colliery spoil, a golf course (which was later used as a driving range) and playing fields. Most of the site has been left fallow for many years and some areas have become locally important habitats for wildlife.
Industrial development
[edit]Ketley was formerly the home of Ketley Ironworks. William Reynolds (the ironmaster of the works in the late 18th century) undertook the construction of three tub boat canals: the Wombridge Canal, the Ketley Canal and the Shropshire Canal with the first successful inclined planes in Great Britain. He lived at Ketley Hall, a grade II listed building which has now been converted into three separate dwellings. A small stretch of the Ketley Canal still survives and can be seen within Ketley Paddock Mound, a nature reserve and former colliery spoil tip.
The Shropshire Star was published in Ketley until July 2022, when the company moved to an office in Stafford Park.[1]
Notable people
[edit]- William Reynolds (1758-1803), born at Ketley Bank House, ironmaster.[2]
- Samuel Parkes Cadman (1864-1936), born at Ketley, later an American Christian radio broadcaster.
- Kuldip Singh Sahota, Baron Sahota (born 1951), Labour local politician, lives in Ketley.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Sharman, David. "Shropshire Star moves from Ketley to new Telford office - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage". HoldtheFrontPage. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ↑ Smith, Charlotte Fell (1896). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 48. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 69–71. Article primarily on his father.
- ↑ "From factory floor to the floor of the House of Lords". Shropshire Star. 15 November 2022. p. 2.Report by Sue Austin.
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