Dawley Bank

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Dawley Bank
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Dawley Bank
Location within Shropshire
OS grid reference SJ681085
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Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town TELFORD
Postcode district TF4
Dialling code 01952
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Fire Shropshire
Ambulance West Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
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Shropshire
52°40′26″N2°28′07″W / 52.673809°N 2.468521°W / 52.673809; -2.468521

Dawley Bank [1] is a former mining village and suburb of Telford and Dawley in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. [2] It is located midway between the towns of Dawley and Telford, where it forms part of the border between the parishes of Great Dawley and Lawley and Overdale. [3] It is part of the civil parish of Lawley and Overdale. [4]

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History

Dawley Bank was built on the Shropshire Coalfield [5] alongside the neighbouring village of Lawley Bank during the Industrial Revolution. There were multiple types of industry including concrete plants, brickworks and factories opening in and around the village. [6] [7] The village later became part of the Dawley New Town in 1963, which later became Telford. [8]

Amenities

Most of the villages amenities are located on Milners Lane. There are two public houses [9] , a Co-op Food store and Baptist Church. [10] There is also a memorial to 2nd Lieutenant Clifford Wallace Jensen [11] , who was killed in during World War II and was based at the former RAF Atcham, near Shrewsbury. [12] [13] The memorial straddles the boundary between Dawley Bank and Lawley Bank.

Transport

There are regular buses through the village between Telford, Dawley, Much Wenlock, Bridgnorth and Wellington. [14]

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References

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  2. ↑ Britain, Geological Survey of Great (1863). Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. H.M. Stationery Office.
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  4. ↑ "History trail - Lawley and Overdale Parish Council". 26 July 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  5. ↑ of, Directories-Gloucester, County (1863). The Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and the City of Bristol, Etc.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "Dawley: Economic history | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "BBC - Shropshire - Your Place and Mine - Dawley". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Dawley's History by P. Sherry : Dawley Heritage". www.dawleyheritage.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Wrekin View, Dawley Bank". Admiral Taverns. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "Dawley Baptist Church". www.dawleybaptist.org.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  11. ↑ "USA WWII pilot Clifford W Jensen honoured with Telford plaque". BBC News. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  12. ↑ Rowe, Nathan (6 May 2022). "Telford ceremony to remember fallen American WW2 pilots". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  13. ↑ "Telford memorial plaque is tribute to WW2 plane hero". www.shropshirestar.com. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  14. ↑ "Dawley Bank – Bus Times". bustimes.org. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
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