Doseley
{{Short description|Village in Shropshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| official_name = Doseley
| static_image_name = Modern houses at Doseley. - geograph.org.uk - 713112.jpg
| static_image_caption = Skyline of Doseley
| coordinates = {{coord|52.653647|-2.475669|display=inline,title}}
| map_type = West Midlands
| pushpin_map =
| civil_parish = Dawley Hamlets
| unitary_england = Telford and Wrekin
| lieutenancy_england = Shropshire
| region = West Midlands
| constituency_westminster = Telford
| population =
| population_ref =
| post_town = TELFORD
| postcode_district = TF4
| postcode_area = TF
| dial_code = 01952
| os_grid_reference = SJ678067
| type = Village
}}
Doseley is a village in the Telford and Wrekin borough in Shropshire, England. It forms part of the Dawley Hamlets civil parish alongside Aqueduct, Horsehay, Lightmoor, Little Dawley and Spring Village.{{cite web |title=Welcome |url=https://www.dawley-hamlets.org/ |website=www.dawley-hamlets.org |publisher=Dawley Hamlets Parish Council |access-date=20 January 2025 |quote=covers the communities of Little Dawley, Horsehay, Doseley, Lightmoor, Aqueduct and parts of Lawley}}
History
The settlement was located in an area of coal mining{{Cite web |title=Dawley Mine Shafts, Pits and Collieries |url=http://dawleyhistory.com/Mines/Dawley%20Mines%20and%20Pits.html |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=dawleyhistory.com}} and was served by the former Doseley Halt on the Wellington to Craven Arms Railway which closed in 1963. The station site is now overgrown and disused, although it is currently due to be reopened and reinstated by the Telford Steam Railway on their expansion towards Lightmoor Junction.{{Cite web |title=Phase Two - Doseley Halt |url=https://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/steamingtoironbridge-doseley.html#:~:text=REMNANTS,to%20be%20used%20once%20more. |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Telford Steam Railway |language=en}}
St Luke's Church
File:St Luke's Church, Doseley.jpg
St Luke's church in Doseley was an Anglican church dedicated to Luke the Evangelist, built in 1845 to serve the new ecclesiastical parish of Dawley Parva (ie Little Dawley) which served the townships of Little Dawley and Horsehay.{{Cite web |title=Saint Lukes Church : Dawley Heritage |url=https://www.dawleyheritage.co.uk/timeline/69/st-luke-s-church-dawley-built |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.dawleyheritage.co.uk}} It was built in red brick in the Norman style and is grade II listed.{{NHLE|num=1054168 |desc=St Luke's Church | access-date=20 January 2025}} The church was in use until 1975 when it was declared redundant, and became a private residence in 1980.{{Cite web |last=Madden |first=Sophie |date=2017-06-16 |title=Room with a pew? Converted church goes on the market in Telford |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/property/2017/06/16/converted-church-goes-on-the-market-in-telford/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.shropshirestar.com |language=en}}
The war memorial plaques from the church were moved to a new parish war memorial erected in 1999 at Holly Road, Little Dawley.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=War Memorial – Holly Road |url=http://weblog.dawley-hamlets.org/war-memorial-holly-road/ |publisher=Dawley Hamlets Parish Council |access-date=20 January 2025 |date=16 October 2014}}{{cite web |title=Little Dawley or Dawley Parva |url=https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/136017 |website=www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk |access-date=20 January 2025 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Memorial plaques removed from the redundant St Luke's Church ... |url=https://www.dawley-hamlets.org/sites/default/files/war_memorial_plaques_0.pdf |publisher=Little Dawley Parish Council |access-date=20 January 2025}} Full list of names{{cite web |title=Little Dawley or Dawley Parva |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/38094 |website=War Memorials Register |publisher=Imperial War Museums |access-date=20 January 2025 |language=en}}
Transport
Doseley has no bus services passing through it, the nearest stops are in Horsehay, Lightmoor and Little Dawley. The nearest railway stations are Shifnal and Telford Central.
References
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External links
- {{cite web|title=Postcards: Doseley|website=dawleyhistory.com |url=http://dawleyhistory.com/Postcards/Doseley.html}} Images include houses, quarry, schools, "The Bath", and Doseley Halt