Doseley is a village in the Telford and Wrekin borough in Shropshire, England. It forms part of the Dawley Hamlets civil parish alongside Aqueduct, Horsehay, Lightmoor, Little Dawley and Spring Village.[1]

History

The settlement was located in an area of coal mining[2] and was served by the former Doseley Halt on the Wellington to Craven Arms Railway which closed in 1963. The station site is now overgrown and disused, although it is currently due to be reopened and reinstated by the Telford Steam Railway on their expansion towards Lightmoor Junction.[3]

St Luke's Church

The former St Luke's Church, now a private residence

St Luke's church in Doseley was an Anglican church dedicated to Luke the Evangelist, built in 1845 to serve the new ecclesiastical parish of Dawley Parva (ie Little Dawley) which served the townships of Little Dawley and Horsehay.[4] It was built in red brick in the Norman style and is grade II listed.[5] The church was in use until 1975 when it was declared redundant, and became a private residence in 1980.[6][4]

The war memorial plaques from the church were moved to a new parish war memorial erected in 1999 at Holly Road, Little Dawley.[7][8][9][10]

Transport

Doseley has no bus services passing through it, the nearest stops are in Horsehay, Lightmoor and Little Dawley. The nearest railway stations are Shifnal and Telford Central.

References

  1. ^ "Welcome". www.dawley-hamlets.org. Dawley Hamlets Parish Council. Retrieved 20 January 2025. covers the communities of Little Dawley, Horsehay, Doseley, Lightmoor, Aqueduct and parts of Lawley
  2. ^ "Dawley Mine Shafts, Pits and Collieries". dawleyhistory.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Phase Two - Doseley Halt". Telford Steam Railway. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Saint Lukes Church : Dawley Heritage". www.dawleyheritage.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  5. ^ Historic England. "St Luke's Church (1054168)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  6. ^ Madden, Sophie (16 June 2017). "Room with a pew? Converted church goes on the market in Telford". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  7. ^ "War Memorial – Holly Road". Dawley Hamlets Parish Council. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Little Dawley or Dawley Parva". www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Memorial plaques removed from the redundant St Luke's Church ..." (PDF). Little Dawley Parish Council. Retrieved 20 January 2025. Full list of names
  10. ^ "Little Dawley or Dawley Parva". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  • "Postcards: Doseley". dawleyhistory.com. Images include houses, quarry, schools, "The Bath", and Doseley Halt
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doseley
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