The John Kyrle

Circular Walk

FREE

DISTANCE: 3 miles

Walk InformationThis leaflet has been designed to tell you all you need toknow about the route before you set out.

About John Kyrle John Kyrle, known as ‘The Man of Ross’, was a 17th

Century philanthropist and this walk around Ross-on-Wyeis believed to be a favourite of his.

Born at Dymock, John Kyrle was the son of Walter andAlice Kyrle. He studied Law at Oxford, but did not qualifyas a lawyer, and after his father’s death in the 1650’s heinherited the timber-framed house in Ross, opposite theMarket House. Here he lived modestly as a bachelor on anincome, it is said, of £500 per year.

If you look up at the side of the Market House oppositeJohn Kyrle’s house you will notice the curious logogramon the wall representing ‘Faithful to Charles in heart’.This is traditionally associated with Kyrle showing hisloyalty to the crown.

Apart from Kyrle’s charitable works and deeds he alsosettled disputes, supported the schools, tended the sick andhelped the poor. His public-mindedness also extended tobeautifying the town and its surrounding landscape.

The Prospect was acquired by Kyrle in a lease of 1696.Here he laid out gardens with a fountain and a watersupply. The gates of 1700 bear his monogram and crest.

A water engine was installed by the riverside in 1705-1706 by Kyrle and his partners. It pumped river water upto the Prospect for the fountain and reservoir.

St. Mary’s church spire and 3 pinnacles were repaired in1721, and although Kyrle’s name is not mentioned in therecords, he convened the parish meeting and in 1695gave the tenor bell. His monument and tomb can beseen in the chancel.

At the great age of 87, John Kyrle died and was buried inthe chancel of St. Mary’s Church in Ross. His life andgood works were celebrated by the poet Alexander Popein his Moral Essays written in 1732. Since then manyplaces in the town have taken his name.

ParkingParking is available at Wilton Road car park (a chargeand height restriction applies.)

RefreshmentsRefreshments can be obtained from various shops andInns in Ross-on-Wye.

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Always follow the Country Code. Enjoy your walk!

Walk them all...There are 15 circular walks in the county ranging in distancefrom 2 to 10 miles and four of these walks are ‘Miles withoutStiles’ routes .

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