Pave Lane is a hamlet in

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, England, south of Newport, just outside the small village of Chetwynd Aston. It is an affluent area, with numerous large houses, many of which have been built in a

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-inspired architectural style. Residents have excellent views of the Shropshire countryside and are in close proximity to

Lilleshall Hall Lilleshall Hall is a large former country house and estate in the fields of Lilleshall, Shropshire, England. It is run by Serco Leisure Operating Ltd on behalf of Sport England as one of three National Sports Centres, alongside Bisham Abbey a ...

. There is a large

public house A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

in Pave Lane; 'The Fox'.WhatPub.com
(CAMRA) The Fox, Chetwynd Aston

History

The Pave Lane milestone detail - geograph

Because of its location on a toll road between Newport and

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, which became the A41, the area became the site of many inns and coach houses. By 1767 it had become the site of a small lime works and brick works owned by local landlord Lord Gower, who made Pave Lane the terminus of

Donnington Wood Canal The Donnington Wood Canal was a private canal in East Shropshire, England, which ran from coal pits owned by Earl Gower at Donnington Wood to Pave Lane on the Wolverhampton to Newport Turnpike Road. It was completed in about 1767 and abandoned ...

. Limestone and coal was sold at the wharf at Pave Street and supplied the growing town of Newport with coal. The rise of railways and carriages meant the canal went into decline and the Pave Lane stretch of the canal closed in 1882; the canal has since been filled in. The

A41 road The A41 is a trunk road between London and Birkenhead, England. Now in parts replaced by motorways, it passes through or near Watford, Kings Langley, Hemel Hempstead, Aylesbury, Bicester, Solihull, Birmingham, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton, ...

no longer runs through Pave Lane, instead it now passes on a new alignment just to the east of Pave Lane and Chetwynd Aston.

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mapping

Notable people

Leader of the Labour Party,

Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialist ...

, and his brother

Piers Corbyn Piers Richard Corbyn (born 10 March 1947) is an English weather forecaster, businessman, anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist. Born in Wiltshire, Corbyn was raised in Shropshire where he attended Adams' Grammar School. He was awarded a first ...

, the weather forecaster, lived from childhood at Pave Lane until after leaving school, in Yew Tree Manor a 17th-century brick house used as an inn until their parents bought and renovated it for use as the family home. It appears on

maps as Yew Tree Manor.

References

{{Reflist Hamlets in Shropshire Telford and Wrekin