Ketley is a large village and
civil parish
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in the borough of
Telford and Wrekin of
Shropshire
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,
England
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. It is located between the outlying towns of
Oakengates,
Telford
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and
Wellington
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.
Residential development
East Ketley is currently being re-developed as part of the
Telford Millennium Community, part of the
Millennium Communities Programme
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. 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
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.
Notable people
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William Reynolds (1758-1803), born at Ketley Bank House, ironmaster.
[Article primarily on his father.]
*
Samuel Parkes Cadman (1864-1936), born at Ketley, later an American
Christian radio
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broadcaster.
*
Kuldip Singh Sahota, Baron Sahota (born 1951),
Labour local politician, lives in Ketley.
[Report by Sue Austin.]
See also
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Listed buildings in Ketley
References
External links
news on the Telford Millennium Village*https://web.archive.org/web/20070930203210/http://freewebs.com/ketleybb/
*https://web.archive.org/web/20080126224237/http://fentyler.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rss.xml
Information and news about Ketley Parish in Telford
Millennium Communities Programme
Civil parishes in Shropshire
Ketley
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