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	}}'''Dawley Bank'''<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2022-08-01 \|title=Dawley Bank trail - Lawley and Overdale Parish Council \|url=https://lawleyoverdale-pc.gov.uk/history-trail/dawley-bank-trail/#:~:text=Dawley%20Bank%20and%20Lawley%20Bank,Thomas%20Breeze's%20gravestone%20Cemetery%20gates \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|language=en-GB}}</ref> is a former ] in the borough of ] in ], England.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Britain \|first=Geological Survey of Great \|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Mineral_Statistics_of_the_United_Kingdom/VlFTcoYA8_sC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Dawley+Bank&pg=RA2-PA174&printsec=frontcover \|title=Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland \|date=1863 \|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office \|language=en}}</ref> It is located midway between the towns of ] and ], where it forms part of the border between the Great Dawley ~~civil~~ ~~parish~~ and ~~unparished area of Telford~~.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Britain \|first=Great \|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_London_Gazette/pQ1KAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Dawley+Bank&pg=PA925&printsec=frontcover \|title=The London Gazette \|date=1823 \|publisher=T. Neuman \|language=en}}</ref> It is part of the civil parish of ].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2022-07-26 \|title=History trail - Lawley and Overdale Parish Council \|url=https://lawleyoverdale-pc.gov.uk/history-trail/ \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|language=en-GB}}</ref>		}}'''Dawley Bank'''<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2022-08-01 \|title=Dawley Bank trail - Lawley and Overdale Parish Council \|url=https://lawleyoverdale-pc.gov.uk/history-trail/dawley-bank-trail/#:~:text=Dawley%20Bank%20and%20Lawley%20Bank,Thomas%20Breeze's%20gravestone%20Cemetery%20gates \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|language=en-GB}}</ref> is a former ] and suburb of ] and ] in the borough of ] in ], England.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Britain \|first=Geological Survey of Great \|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Mineral_Statistics_of_the_United_Kingdom/VlFTcoYA8_sC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Dawley+Bank&pg=RA2-PA174&printsec=frontcover \|title=Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland \|date=1863 \|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office \|language=en}}</ref> It is located midway between the towns of Dawley and Telford, where it forms part of the border between the parishes of Great Dawley and Lawley and Overdale.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Britain \|first=Great \|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_London_Gazette/pQ1KAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Dawley+Bank&pg=PA925&printsec=frontcover \|title=The London Gazette \|date=1823 \|publisher=T. Neuman \|language=en}}</ref> It is part of the civil parish of ].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2022-07-26 \|title=History trail - Lawley and Overdale Parish Council \|url=https://lawleyoverdale-pc.gov.uk/history-trail/ \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|language=en-GB}}</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==
	Dawley Bank was built on the Shropshire Coalfield<ref>{{Cite book \|last=of \|first=Directories-Gloucester, County \|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Post_Office_Directory_of_Gloucesters/4ClxmDOp4JAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Dawley+Bank&pg=PA681&printsec=frontcover \|title=The Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and the City of Bristol, Etc \|date=1863 \|language=en}}</ref> alongside the neighbouring village of ] during the ]. There were multiple types of industry including concrete plants, brickworks and factories opening in and around the village.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Dawley: Economic history {{!}} British History Online \|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/salop/vol11/pp115-125#:~:text=The%20demand%20for%20horses%20as,(fn. \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=BBC - Shropshire - Your Place and Mine - Dawley \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/features/places/dawley/dawley_history.shtml#:~:text=Tons%20of%20coal%20and%20Ironstone,eventual%20population%20of%20around%2090,000. \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> The village later became part of the Dawley New Town in 1963, which later became Telford.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Dawley's History by P. Sherry : Dawley Heritage \|url=http://www.dawleyheritage.co.uk/unpublished-articles/354/dawley-s-history-by-p-sherry#:~:text=From%20the%20earliest%20signs%20of,quest%20for%20replacement%20and%20renewal. \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|website=www.dawleyheritage.co.uk}}</ref>		Dawley Bank was built on the Shropshire Coalfield<ref>{{Cite book \|last=of \|first=Directories-Gloucester, County \|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Post_Office_Directory_of_Gloucesters/4ClxmDOp4JAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Dawley+Bank&pg=PA681&printsec=frontcover \|title=The Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and the City of Bristol, Etc \|date=1863 \|language=en}}</ref> alongside the neighbouring village of ] during the ]. There were multiple types of industry including concrete plants, brickworks and factories opening in and around the village.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Dawley: Economic history {{!}} British History Online \|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/salop/vol11/pp115-125#:~:text=The%20demand%20for%20horses%20as,(fn. \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=BBC - Shropshire - Your Place and Mine - Dawley \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/features/places/dawley/dawley_history.shtml#:~:text=Tons%20of%20coal%20and%20Ironstone,eventual%20population%20of%20around%2090,000. \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> The village later became part of the Dawley New Town in 1963, which later became Telford.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Dawley's History by P. Sherry : Dawley Heritage \|url=http://www.dawleyheritage.co.uk/unpublished-articles/354/dawley-s-history-by-p-sherry#:~:text=From%20the%20earliest%20signs%20of,quest%20for%20replacement%20and%20renewal. \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|website=www.dawleyheritage.co.uk}}</ref>

			Dawley Bank is mentioned in ]{{'s}} poem "A Shropshire Lad", about swimmer ], born in ]: it refers to his ghost "swimming along the old canal / That carried the bricks to Lawley ... And paying a call at Dawley Bank while swimming along to Heaven".<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Betjeman \|first1=John \|title=A Shropshire Lad \|url=https://allpoetry.com/A-Shropshire-Lad \|website=All Poetry \|access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref>

	== Amenities ==		== Amenities ==
	Most of the villages amenities are located on Milners Lane. There are two public houses<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Wrekin View, Dawley Bank \|url=https://www.admiraltaverns.co.uk/pubs/wrekin-view-dawley-bank/ \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|website=Admiral Taverns \|language=en-GB}}</ref>, a ] store and ].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Dawley Baptist Church \|url=https://www.dawleybaptist.org.uk/ \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|website=www.dawleybaptist.org.uk \|language=en}}</ref> There is also a memorial to 2nd Lieutenant Clifford Wallace Jensen<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2012-11-29 \|title=USA WWII pilot Clifford W Jensen honoured with Telford plaque \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-20542244 \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|work=BBC News \|language=en-GB}}</ref>, who was killed in during ] and was based at the former ], near ].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Rowe \|first=Nathan \|date=2022-05-06 \|title=Telford ceremony to remember fallen American WW2 pilots \|url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/telford/2022/05/06/ceremony-to-remember-fallen-second-world-war-pilots-to-take-place-in-telford/ \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|website=www.shropshirestar.com \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2012-11-30 \|title=Telford memorial plaque is tribute to WW2 plane hero \|url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/11/30/telford-memorial-plaque-is-tribute-to-ww2-plane-hero/ \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|website=www.shropshirestar.com \|language=en}}</ref> The memorial straddles the boundary between Dawley Bank and Lawley Bank.		Most of the villages amenities are located on Milners Lane. There are two public houses,<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Wrekin View, Dawley Bank \|url=https://www.admiraltaverns.co.uk/pubs/wrekin-view-dawley-bank/ \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|website=Admiral Taverns \|language=en-GB}}</ref> a ] store and ].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Dawley Baptist Church \|url=https://www.dawleybaptist.org.uk/ \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|website=www.dawleybaptist.org.uk \|language=en}}</ref>

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Village in Shropshire, England

Village in England

Dawley Bank
Village
The Bulls Head Pub in Dawley Bank
Dawley BankLocation within Shropshire
OS grid reference	SJ681085
Civil parish	Lawley and Overdale
Unitary authority	Telford and Wrekin
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TELFORD
Postcode district	TF4
Dialling code	01952

Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands

UK Parliament	Telford
List of places UK England Shropshire 52°40′26″N 2°28′07″W / 52.673809°N 2.468521°W / 52.673809; -2.468521

Dawley Bank is a former mining village and suburb of Telford and Dawley in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. It is located midway between the towns of Dawley and Telford, where it forms part of the border between the parishes of Great Dawley and Lawley and Overdale. It is part of the civil parish of Lawley and Overdale.

History

Dawley Bank was built on the Shropshire Coalfield alongside the neighbouring village of Lawley Bank during the Industrial Revolution. There were multiple types of industry including concrete plants, brickworks and factories opening in and around the village. The village later became part of the Dawley New Town in 1963, which later became Telford.

Dawley Bank is mentioned in John Betjeman's poem "A Shropshire Lad", about swimmer Matthew Webb, born in Dawley: it refers to his ghost "swimming along the old canal / That carried the bricks to Lawley ... And paying a call at Dawley Bank while swimming along to Heaven".

Amenities

Most of the villages amenities are located on Milners Lane. There are two public houses, a Co-op Food store and Baptist Church.

Transport

There are regular buses through the village between Telford, Dawley, Much Wenlock, Bridgnorth and Wellington.

References

"Dawley Bank trail - Lawley and Overdale Parish Council". 1 August 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
Britain, Geological Survey of Great (1863). Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. H.M. Stationery Office.
Britain, Great (1823). The London Gazette. T. Neuman.
"History trail - Lawley and Overdale Parish Council". 26 July 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
of, Directories-Gloucester, County (1863). The Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and the City of Bristol, Etc.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
"Dawley: Economic history | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
"BBC - Shropshire - Your Place and Mine - Dawley". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
"Dawley's History by P. Sherry : Dawley Heritage". www.dawleyheritage.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
Betjeman, John. "A Shropshire Lad". All Poetry. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
"Wrekin View, Dawley Bank". Admiral Taverns. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
"Dawley Baptist Church". www.dawleybaptist.org.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
"Dawley Bank – Bus Times". bustimes.org. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

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