Dawley Hamlets

Dawley Hamlets
The Unicorn, Little Dawley
Dawley Hamlets Location within Shropshire
Area	4.450 km^2 (1.718 sq mi)
Population	8,008 (2021 census)
• Density	1,800/km^2 (4,700/sq mi)
Civil parish	Dawley Hamlets
Unitary authority	Telford and Wrekin
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands

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

• Listed buildings in Dawley Hamlets
• William Ball (Shropshire Giant), buried at St Luke's Church, Doseley

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.