Walking Around Kynaston's Cave & Oliver's Point At Night | Explore With Shano

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Haunting History of :
Kynaston's cave,nr Nesscliffe, Shrewsbury.Shropshire,U.K
About 400 years ago, the rural landscape of Shropshire could be a dangerous place to be.
But nowhere was as dangerous as Nesscliffe, the lair of the notorious highwayman Sir Humphrey Kynaston.
Humphrey Kynaston (died 1534), aka Wild Humphrey Kynaston, was an English highwayman who operated in the Shropshire area. The son of the High Sheriff of Shropshire, he was convicted of murder in 1491. After being outlawed, he moved into a cave in the area and lived a lifestyle compared to Robin Hood.
It was here, according to legend, that the outlaw lived with his horse, evading all attempts at capture.
It is no wonder that the towering figure of a huge man mounted on a gigantic black horse that has been seen galloping past the Three Pigeons is said to be Sir Humphrey Kynaston. Whether this is, indeed, the legendary outlaw returning to his old haunts on his satanic steed or some quite different phantom it is hard to judge.
In the true mould of the robber-hero, Sir Humphrey is said to have stolen from the rich in order to give to the poor who lived nearby.
Above the highwayman's lair, Nesscliffe Hill is a magical place
In return they protected him, providing him and his horse with food.

Some stories even claim Sir Humphrey's horse was the devil himself. One account claims the horse was called Beelzebub!
Kynaston and his horse made an unbeatable team, and many of the stories about this dynamic duo credited them with superhuman abilities.

For example, the local lawmen once set a trap for the highwayman at Montford Bridge. The structure crossing the Severn in the village these days was built by Thomas Telford in the early 1800s, but in the time of Sir Humphrey, it was made of stone and wood.

The sheriff and his men removed the planks from the bridge, leaving a gaping hole, and waited for their man. On arriving at the bridge and sensing a trap, Sir Humphrey spurred his horse on, jumped the gaping hole and escaped.

On another occasion, Sir Humphrey is said to have jumped his horse from the top of Nesscliffe and landed at Ellesmere - nine miles away!

Kynaston's cave is pretty well fitted out with windows, a fireplace and chimney and even a trough for his horse.
There's even a section of the Severn, 40 feet wide, called Kynaston's leap, where the highwayman is said to have jumped the river.
One day, so the legend goes, he found a man sitting in his seat at the Nesscliffe pub, so he calmly went over to him, drew his pistol and shot the man dead before escaping up a chimney.
After a lifetime of evading the law, Sir Humphrey died of illness in his cave.

The cave can still be visited today. Steps cut into the red sandstone lead up to a cave split into two, although erosion has meant that a wooden staircase is now used to get into the cave.It is said that Humphrey trained his horse to climb up the steps and enter the cave by whistling to it.
Intriguingly the initials H K and the date 1564 are carved into the rocks.
The cave also featured an iron door for an entrance. This iron door is said to later have become the door for Shrewsbury gaol There is also an engraving in the cave, which reads H.K. 1564. Although this engraving is concluded to be made by Humphrey, he was dead 30 years before the year 1564. However, he did have a grandson, Humfridus (b.1530) who may have left the inscription.

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