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THE BROSELEY JITTIES

is leaet will help you to e Jitties began in the 1590s as a squatter e Jitties were only linked to the water and follow the Broseley Jitties Trail, community of immigrant miners who lived sewerage system in the 1920s, long aer the and worked in dire poverty. In the following rest of Broseley. Before then water had to a short walk and free audio tour centuries the Jitties remained a place on the be collected at the nearby Cob Well, Boss exploring a unique and historic edge of society, and sometimes beyond the law, Well and e Spout in Spout Lane. where little was ocially recorded or Sewerage was dumped in earth closets part of Broseley. written down. or open sewers. e Broseley Jitties are a maze of narrow lanes and People here struggled long and hard for centuries passageways that link together a higgledy-piggledy to gain prosperity and social acceptance. e Jitties jumble of old squatter cottages. Each Jitty has a area is now a desirable place of mostly restored distinct name reecting its history and folklore cottages with a unique community heritage. and the people who once lived there.

Broseley was well known for e Jitties began in the 1590s its clay pipes. “Will you take a when immigrant miners were Broseley?” was a familiar phrase encouraged to build cottages on in the Jitties’ bars and taverns. common land on the edge of Broseley. By tradition a man had a right to a house if he could erect a chimney and hearth in a day.

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