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local wells and springs. and wells local had to be collected by hand at at hand by collected be to had the mains water system, water water system, water mains the Before the Jitties were linked to to to linked linked were were Jitties Jitties the the Before Before hearth in a day. a in hearth could erect a chimney and and chimney a erect could had a right to a house if he he if house a to right a had Broseley. By tradition a man man a tradition By Broseley. in the Jitties’ bars and taverns. and bars Jitties’ the in common land on the edge of of edge the on land common Broseley?” was a familiar phrase phrase familiar a was Broseley?” encouraged to build cottages on on cottages build to encouraged its clay pipes. “Will you take a a take you “Will pipes. clay its when immigrant miners were were miners immigrant when Broseley was well known for for known well was Broseley e Jitties began in the 1590s 1590s the in began Jitties e and the people who once lived there. lived once who people the and cottages with a unique community heritage. community unique a with cottages distinct name reecting its history and folklore folklore and history its reecting name distinct area is now a desirable place of mostly restored restored mostly of place desirable a now is area jumble of old squatter cottages. Each Jitty has a a has Jitty Each cottages. squatter old of jumble to gain prosperity and social acceptance. e Jitties Jitties e acceptance. social and prosperity gain to passageways that link together a higgledy-piggledy higgledy-piggledy a together link that passageways People here struggled long and hard for centuries centuries for hard and long struggled here People e Broseley Jitties are a maze of narrow lanes and and lanes narrow of maze a are Jitties Broseley e or open sewers. open or or open sewers. open or written down. written part of Broseley. of part Sewerage was dumped in earth closets earth in dumped was Sewerage Sewerage was dumped in earth closets earth in dumped was Sewerage where little was ocially recorded or or recorded ocially was little where exploring a unique and historic historic and unique a exploring Well and e Spout in Spout Lane. Spout in Spout e and Well edge of society, and sometimes beyond the law, law, the beyond sometimes and society, of edge be collected at the nearby Cob Well, Boss Well, Cob nearby the at collected be centuries the Jitties remained a place on the the on place a remained Jitties the centuries a short walk and free audio tour tour audio free and walk short a rest of Broseley. Before then water had to had water then Before Broseley. of rest and worked in dire poverty. In the following following the In poverty. dire in worked and follow the Broseley Jitties Trail, Trail, Jitties Broseley the follow sewerage system in the 1920s, long aer the aer long 1920s, the in system sewerage community of immigrant miners who lived lived who miners immigrant of community is leaet will help you to to you help will leaet is e Jitties were only linked to the water and water the to linked only were Jitties e e Jitties began in the 1590s as a squatter squatter a as 1590s the in began Jitties e THE BROSELEY JITTIES BROSELEY THE A5 A5 M54 Junc 4 Weston Park THE A458 River WREKIN Shifnal Boscobel Severn TELFORD House B4380 M54 Ironbridge To Shrewsbury Buildwas Abbey Ironbridge Gorge Museums RAF Museum EXPLORE THE BROSELEY Benthall Hall Cosford Wenlock Museum & A4169 Wenlock Priory BROSELEY Sutton B4371 Maddock Hughley MUCH A442 WENLOCK B4373 Bourton A458 Worfield A454 WENLOCK EDGE B4368 Morville Shipton BRIDGNORTH Severn Valley Steam Railway B4378 Eardington ITTIES A458 Ditton Priors Daniel’s Mill Quatt Cleobury Dudmaston B4555 B4363 North A442 CORVE DALE KINVER EDGE Burwarton Billingsley Highley Stottesdon Rays Farm Severn Valley B4364 Country Mattters Country Park Kinlet River Severn CLEE HILLS Arboretum Severn Valley WYRE Steam Railway A4117 Cleehill FOREST BEWDLEY CLEOBURY MORTIMER A4117 Maypole Jitty is named aer the Maypole on Woodlands Green, a tradition dating back centuries. Visitor Information You can explore the Trail in any direction © Betsy Smith you choose. It will take about 1 hr to wander round at an easy pace. Why not visit the Pipe Museum? One of the Some of the paths are quite steep and are Ironbridge Gorge Museum sites. Experience work not suitable for wheelchairs. in the pipe works at the turn of the last century. Opening times are limited. Please visit Download a copy of the FREE audio tour www.ironbridge.org.uk to avoid disappointment. from www.broseley.org.uk. Sched 2 Leaflet CS6.indd 1 23/05/2018 14:27 T H E W HA IRONBRIDGE RF EY ROAD AGE TONTINE HILL MADEL R W IVER ATE SEVERN RLOO STREET RI VER SEVERN IRON BRID BENTHALL GE R EDGE OAD LADYWOOD IRO NB RID GE RO AD D A O Route to Ironbridge R E on foot G D I R B WORKHOUSE COPPICE C THE SPOUT O BW EL L RO POUT L A S ANE D LANE ALL’S 9 4 B 8 1 D 2 A D I 7 OA R O DS R R N O 10 LA Y D 3 OO N R W 11 5 B AR 6 R U BROSELEY WOOD I Q D A 18 T S G E H E 13 E M S R I R M T O O S P 12 R A S K E D ING S G O T C D A N S CHE N R I R R E O R E 15 ’ 14 K R S Y E B L L T L R A E O N W O Y E D K N 16 D A IZABETH C R EL R R W E B SC I T L ANE N E OCKSHUT N D C D T A S O E O R N R A H C L R G Key to D E R T U S U T E Broseley K B U Route to e Iron Bridge E IN Pipe Museum D H by car S E S T K Route to e Iron Bridge R E C on foot T E O T I E C Start of Jitties Trail E R 17 E O R N Interactive Swing Post SPEEDS LAN SPEEDS T A EET N S STR L QUEEN Audio tour stopping point B E K R P R Parking I A H A C M D C R D Public Toilets B R I E I A G BA A B C B D H O Information R RR ME W E B A A D T Library and Town Council R T E O ’ R W S H R O E I S O L A L T A N D Key to R D A e Jitties E L E N 1 Maidens Jitty T L E HARRI E 2 Pughs Jitty E S’S G R 3 Maypole Jitty P A W BROSELEY 4 Bradleys Bank H O 5 Goughs Jitty C O H D I 6 Crews Park H G M O 7 Simmonds Jitty U H IL L SE 8 Mission Jitty S LA R 9 Carters Jitty N O T E A R 10 Gittings Jitty D E 11 Jews Jitty E 12 Ferny Bank T 13 Balls Jitty Shops, Food and Drink 14 Lloyds Jitty 15 Ding-Dong Steps 16 Plants Jitty 17 Boss Well Bank 18 Coopers Jitty Sched 2 Leaflet CS6.indd 2 23/05/2018 14:27.