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Dawley

small town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England
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Dawley

Summary

Dawley is a town[1]. Dawley ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (186 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dawley is located in Great Dawley[3].
  • Dawley is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Dawley's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Dawley's instance of is recorded as market town[6].
  • Dawley's postal code is recorded as TF4[7].
  • Dawley's Commons category is recorded as Dawley[8].
  • Dawley's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[9].
  • Dawley's local dialing code is recorded as 01952[10].
  • Dawley's OS grid reference is recorded as SJ686068[11].
  • Dawley's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.6638, 'lon': -2.4677}[12].
  • Dawley has a population of {'amount': '+11399'}[13].
  • Dawley's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • Dawley's historic county is recorded as Shropshire[15].

Body

Geography

Dawley is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Dawley is located in Great Dawley[3].

Physical Characteristics

Dawley has a population of {'amount': '+11399'}[13].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[5] and market town[6].

Why It Matters

Dawley ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (186 views/month).[2] Dawley has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Dawley is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Great Dawley
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 52.6638, 'lon': -2.4677}
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    Population → {'amount': '+11399'}
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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