Dawley Hamlets is a civil parish in the Telford and Wrekin district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.[1]

The parish covers Horsehay, Doseley, Little Dawley (also traditionally known as Dawley Parva), Lightmoor and Aqueduct.[2]

In 2021 the parish had a population of 8,008.[3] The parish was formed on 1 April 1988.[4]

The name Dawley comes from Old English meaning woodland clearing associated with a man called Dealla.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 127 Stafford & Telford (Ironbridge) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2010. ISBN 9780319228517.
  2. ^ "Dawley Hamlets Parish council". www.dawley-hamlets.org. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Dawley Hamlets". City Population. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Wrekin Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  5. ^ Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 147. ISBN 9780199609086.


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