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Ketley maps
Historic maps of Ketley and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Ketley maps
Ketley photos
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Hadley| Oakengates| Trench| Wellington| Priors Lee| Dawley| Donnington| Coalbrookdale| Madeley| Lilleshall| Buildwas| Ironbridge| Madeley Wood| Shifnal| Kemberton| Benthall| Broseley| Edgmond| Stanton| Newport| Ryton| Beckbury
Ketley area books
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Memories of Ketley
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Turner Family
I was born Andrea Ward in Wellington at the Bradley Moore Nursing Home, my parents lived in Oakengates. My grandfather Thomas Turner was a lay preacher with the Primitive Methodist Chapel in Ketley. His wife was Mary Ann. I have been back a few times to visit. Last time, as they pulled down the Chapel, I was given the font from which I was christened, which had been donated by Thomas. I live in Australia, as my parents emigrated in the 1950s, but I still keep Shropshire close to my heart. All my father's side are Wards, I don't know if there would be any Wards or Turners in the Ketley area that are related to me. Please let me know if you are one of them.
Shropshire memories
Owen Family Oakengates/Wellington
Does anybody out there remember the Owen family that once lived/worked in Station Fields, Oakengates during the 1920's-1930's?
The dad was Bert and the mum was Mary. Mary died 1933 and left a young family of at least 4 children, one being my father, Clarence.
Due to the young ages of the children, dad and his elder sister Mary don't remember very much and it would be a great help to find out some information for them.
My grandfather Bert was a coal miner on dads birth certificate and it states that the address of Station Fields was where he was working at the time. Was there accommodation there also?
I also have '18 and a half' Holyhead Road, Wellington as an address on his certificate. Did he happen to be born at his father's place of work?
If anyone can help I will be most grateful.
Kind Regards
Jude
The Hope Family.
My Gran, Alice Hope was born in Oakengates in 1878. I have her and her family living in The Furnace Houses during the 1880's through to the end of the 1920's when her Dad died. Her Dad was James and her Mom Jane Ellen. The children were Clara, John, known as Jack, Mary, known as Polly then my Gran Alice who moved to Birmingham to marry. Then we have Annie who they called Nance, she moved to Manchester to marry. Elizabeth came next she was called called Lizzie then Louisa called Louie and the youngest James who also moved up north to Mexborough. I would love to know if I have any cousins still living in Oakengates or anywhere else for that matter.
Powis Place
It used to be all fields around Dawley Bank before thay started building houses and Telford town centre. When we were kids, we could play out all over the place without any threat to us, we could build camps in the woods and Tarzan swings. Plus we could go scrumbing, we used to go down to No Man's Land, which was Iron Bridge as it was known then.
W. Oakes And Son, Late 1950s And Early 1960s
My late grandparents and mother were all born in Dawley. I remember as a small child the electric green milk float bearing the name W.Oakes & Son that used to serve the area at the time, FAW 145 was the registation. A chap called Jimmy used to deliver the milk to New Road in Dawley. Great times from an era sadly gone forever.
Sunday Teas
When I was a young girl in the early 1950s I remember going with my parents halfway up the Wrekin and we would stop at this cottage and have Sunday tea, being scones and a pot of tea, then we would continue on foot to the top of the Wrekin, the summers seem so hot then.
Wheat Leasows, Wellington, County of Salop
My grandmother was named Violet May Purcell, born in May 1891. She emigrated to Canada as a young adult. Her father was Frederick Purcell, a wire cleaner; her mother was Ellen Purcell (nee Higginson). If anyone has additional information, please advise. Thank you.
