Dawley Hamlets

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{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Dawley Hamlets

| civil_parish = Dawley Hamlets

| country = England

| region = West Midlands

| coordinates = {{coord|52.653|-2.476|display=title|region:GB_scale:5000}}

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| unitary_england = Telford and Wrekin

| lieutenancy_england = Shropshire

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| population = 8008

| population_ref = (2021 census)

| area_total_km2 = 4.450

| static_image = The Unicorn at Little Dawley. - geograph.org.uk - 713101.jpg

| static_image_caption = The Unicorn, Little Dawley

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Dawley Hamlets is a civil parish in the Telford and Wrekin district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 127 Stafford & Telford (Ironbridge)|ISBN= 9780319228517 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2010}}

The parish covers Horsehay, Doseley, Little Dawley (also traditionally known as Dawley Parva), Lightmoor and Aqueduct.{{Cite web |title=Dawley Hamlets Parish council |url=https://www.dawley-hamlets.org/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=www.dawley-hamlets.org}}

In 2021 the parish had a population of 8,008.{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/admin/telford_and_wrekin/E04000925__dawley_hamlets/|title=Dawley Hamlets|publisher=City Population|accessdate=5 January 2025}} The parish was formed on 1 April 1988.{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/wrekin.html|title=Wrekin Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=5 January 2025}}

The name Dawley comes from Old English meaning woodland clearing associated with a man called Dealla.{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of British Place Names|first1= A.D.|last1= Mills|publisher=Oxford University Press| location=Oxford| orig-year= first published 1991|date=2011|edition=First edition revised 2011|isbn=9780199609086|page=147 }}