A 7.5 mile circular walk from Myddle taking in the surrounding villages of Houlston, Brandwood, Marton, Myddlewood and Eyton along footpaths, through fields and along country lanes. This route skirts by Fenemere, one of the numerous Meres situated in the locality.
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Richard Gough
Richard Gough was a yeoman farmer who lived in the Shropshire village of Myddle in the 17 and 18th Centuries and left his mark on the world by writing about his Parish and the people that lived in it. His book was written in two parts, the first part, entitled Antiquities and Memoyres of the Parish of Myddle and the second, Observations concerning the Seates in Myddle and the Families to which they belong. The book is incredibly unique and arguably one of the most valuable sources for social studies of the 17th and early 18th centuries.
Myddle
Originally a Saxon settlement, the village of Myddle lies in a hollow, just off the main Shrewsbury to Ellesmere road, 10 miles north of Shrewsbury. Although famous for its resident Richard Gough, Myddle was also the home of its infamous son, highwayman Humphrey Kynaston.
Fenemere
Fenemere is a particularly rich and interesting mere with eutrophic water. There are extensive beds of white and yellow water-lilies but otherwise the aquatic vegetation is sparse, consisting of horned pondweed, fennel-leaved pondweed and Canadian pondweed. Reed beds are well developed round the edge and dominated by common reed. Other species present include lesser reedmace, bulrush and bur-reed. Great duckweed, a scarce plant, occurs in the reed beds.
On the western side of the mere there is a broad belt of alder, in which tussock sedge and cowbane occur. The site includes, to the north and west of the mere, a series of damp pastures which are exceptionally rich botanically. The flora includes marsh orchid, bogbean, marsh arrow-grass and water dropwort. Fenemere is also important for its rich aquatic invertebrate fauna. It has a more diverse mollusc population than any other mere, having fourteen species.