Dawley
Sign in to saveDawley ( ) is a former mining town and civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. It was originally proposed to be the main centre of the 'Dawley New Town' plan in 1963, however it was decided in 1968 to name the new town as 'Telford', after the engineer and road-builder Thomas Telford. Dawley is one of the older settlements in Shropshire, being mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086). It is divided into Dawley Magna ("Great Dawley") and Little Dawley (also shown as Dawley Parva ("Little Dawley") on older maps).
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Dawley
- UK place.static_image_caption
- From the top clockwise: Dawley Town Hall, Holy Trinity Church, Horsehay and Dawley station on the Telford Steam Railway, Dawley and Stirchley Platform on the Silkin Way and High Street
- UK place.website
- Official website
- UK place.population
- 11,399
- UK place.civil_parish
- Great Dawley
- UK place.unitary_england
- Telford and Wrekin
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Shropshire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Telford
- UK place.post_town
- TELFORD
- UK place.postcode_district
- TF4
- UK place.postcode_area
- TF
- UK place.dial_code
- 01952
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ686068
- UK place.type
- Town and civil parish
- UK place.parts_type
- Areas of the town
- UK place.p1
- Dawley Bank (Part)
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 11399
- Image
- Dawley High St (geograph 2441171).jpg
- Dialing code
- 01952
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- SJ686068
- postal code
- TF4
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Dawley ( ) is a former mining town and civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. It was originally proposed to be the main centre of the 'Dawley New Town' plan in 1963, however it was decided in 1968 to name the new town as 'Telford', after the engineer and road-builder Thomas Telford. Dawley is one of the older settlements in Shropshire, being mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086). It is divided into Dawley Magna ("Great Dawley") and Little Dawley (also shown as Dawley Parva ("Little Dawley") on older maps).
==Etymology== The name Dawley comes from Old English meaning woodland clearing associated with a man called Dealla.
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