Dawley Hamlets is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the
Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin is a Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough and unitary authority in Shropshire, England. In 1974, a non-metropolitan district of Shropshire was created called the Wrekin, named after The Wrekin, a prominent hill to the ...
district, in the ceremonial county of
Shropshire
Shropshire (; abbreviated SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West M ...
, England.
The parish covers
Horsehay
Horsehay is a suburban village on the western outskirts of Dawley in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England. Horsehay lies in the Dawley Hamlets parish, and on the northern edge of the Ironbridge Gorge area.
Horsehay used to hav ...
,
Doseley,
Little Dawley (also traditionally known as Dawley Parva),
Lightmoor
Lightmoor, also known as Lightmoor Village is a village in the Telford and Wrekin borough in Shropshire, England It forms part of the Dawley Hamlets civil parish alongside Aqueduct, Doseley, Horsehay, Little Dawley and Spring Village.
Hist ...
and
Aqueduct.
In 2021 the parish had a population of 8,008. The parish was formed on 1 April 1988.
The name Dawley comes from
Old English
Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...
meaning ''woodland clearing associated with a man called Dealla''.
See also
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Listed buildings in Dawley Hamlets
Dawley Hamlets is a civil parish in the district of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. The parish contains 14 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed ...
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William Ball (Shropshire Giant)
William Ball (1795–1852), the "Shropshire Giant", was a nineteenth-century iron puddler and "giant".
As an adult he was tall and weighed more than forty stone (560 pounds, 254 kg). It was said that his "waistcoat was so big that three men co ...
, buried at St Luke's Church, Doseley
References
Civil parishes in Shropshire
Telford and Wrekin
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