Dawley Hamlets

Dawley Hamlets is a civil parish in Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England.[1]

The Unicorn, Little Dawley

The parish covers Horsehay, Doseley, Little Dawley (also traditionally known as Dawley Parva) and Aqueduct.

The name Dawley comes from Old English meaning woodland clearing associated with a man called Dealla.[2]

See also

• Listed buildings in Dawley Hamlets
• Great Dawley
• 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. 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.