Little Dawley
{{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 = Little Dawley
| static_image_name = The Red Lion, Little Dawley - geograph.org.uk - 138323.jpg
| static_image_caption = The Red Lion
| coordinates = {{coord|52.652371|-2.468044|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 = SJ683060
| type = Village
}}
Little Dawley, formerly known as Dawley Parva,{{Cite book |last=Eyton |first=Robert William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bkxNAAAAMAAJ&dq=Dawley+parva&pg=PA294 |title=Antiquities of Shropshire |date=1859 |publisher=J.R. Smith |language=en}} is a village in the Telford and Wrekin borough in Shropshire, England.{{Cite web |url=https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Dawley_Parva,_Shropshire,_England_Genealogy |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.familysearch.org}} It forms part of the Dawley Hamlets civil parish alongside Aqueduct, Doseley, Horsehay, Lightmoor and Spring Village.{{Cite web |title=Community Hub {{!}} Community News and Events |url=https://www.dawley-hamlets.org/#:~:text=Dawley%20Hamlets%20is%20a%20civil,Aqueduct%20and%20parts%20of%20Lawley. |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.dawley-hamlets.org}}
History
The villages history is intertwined with the nearby town of Dawley, having grown around the town and its development.{{Cite book |last=Page |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VbPRAAAAMAAJ&q=Dawley+parva |title=A History of Shropshire |date=1973 |publisher=A. Constable and Company |isbn=978-0-19-722729-9 |language=en}} It was historically one half of the town, known as Dawley Parva before being renamed to Little Dawley. Despite its proximity to the town, it is separate as a civil parish from Dawley.{{Cite web |title=Dawley: Churches {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/salop/vol11/pp127-130 |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}
Amenities
The village is primarily a mix of residential, industrial and commercial. The main village centre is located on Holly Road.
War memorial
The war memorial plaques from the redundant St Luke's Church, Doseley, 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}} The memorial consists of a cross on a brick plinth with plaques relating to both World Wars on a roughly hewn stone within a gravelled area.{{cite book|last=Francis|first=Peter|title=Shropshire War Memorials, Sites of Remembrance|year=2013|publisher=YouCaxton Publications, Bishops Castle|page=134|isbn=978-1-909644-11-3}}
Transport
The village has bus services connecting it to Telford, Madeley, Dawley and Sutton Hill.{{Cite web |title=Little Dawley – Bus Times |url=https://bustimes.org/localities/little-dawley |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=bustimes.org}} The nearest railway stations are both Telford Central and Shifnal. The Telford Steam Railway also operate nearby at Horsehay and Dawley, Spring Village and Lawley Village.
Notable people
Samuel Peploe (1667-1752), later Bishop of Chester, was a native of Dawley Parva, where he was baptised.
Dalian Atkinson (1968-2016), former Aston Villa striker was living in Little Dawley at the time of his death in 2016.{{cite news|title="Charismatic Dalian enriched our lives"|work=Shropshire Star|date=21 November 2016|page=4}}Report by Lisa O'Brien, published following his funeral.