Dawley Hamlets

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Dawley Hamlets
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Dawley Hamlets
Location within Shropshire
Area4.450 km2 (1.718 sq mi)
Population8,008 (2021 census)
  Density 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)
Civil parish
  • Dawley Hamlets
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police West Mercia
Fire Shropshire
Ambulance West Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Shropshire
52°39′11″N2°28′34″W / 52.653°N 2.476°W / 52.653; -2.476

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.