Hadley is a village and part of the new town of

Telford Telford () is a town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, about east of Shrewsbury, south west of Stafford, north west of Wolverhampton and from Birmingham in the same direction. With an est ...

in the borough of

Telford and Wrekin Telford and Wrekin is a borough and unitary authority in Shropshire, England. In 1974, a non-metropolitan district of Shropshire was created called The Wrekin. In 1998, the district became a unitary authority and was renamed "Telford and Wrekin", ...

and the

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, England. Hadley is about north-west of

Telford Town Centre Telford Shopping Centre is a indoor shopping centre in Telford, Shropshire, England. It is located in the geographical and economic centre of the new town, on land which was previously undeveloped. The trustees of the shopping centre are regis ...

, and is in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

of Hadley and Leegomery (previously called simply "Hadley"). The population of the civil parish mentioned at the 2011 census was 14,166. It neighbours

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, a

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also part of Telford, and that town's two colleges of

Telford College of Arts and Technology Telford College is a further education college in Telford, Shropshire, England. It operates from one main site and many in-company training sites and community-based courses spread out across Shropshire and the whole of the United Kingdom. Dur ...

(TCAT) and New College (NC), all to the west of Hadley.

Ketley Ketley is a large village and part of Telford in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It is a civil parish. Immediately to the north of Ketley is Hadley. Residential development East Ketley is currentl ...

is immediately to the south of Hadley. Hadley's parish war memorial, to men of Hadley and district who died serving in the two World Wars, is an imitation of the

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in London's Whitehall. It stands in Manse Road near the Methodist Church.

Notable people

*Diarist

Hannah Cullwick Hannah Cullwick (26 May 1833 – 9 July 1909) was an English diarist who revealed less-known aspects of the relations between Victorian servants and their masters. Working in domestic service, she caught the attention of Arthur Munby, a pro ...

lived at a cottage rented in Hadley from 1887 before moving to

Shifnal Shifnal is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, about east of Telford, 17 miles (27 km) east of the county town of Shrewsbury and 13 miles (20 km) west-northwest of the city of Wolverhampton. It is near the M54 mo ...

in 1903. *

Jerry Dean (footballer) John Thomas Dean (13 February 1881–unknown) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Notts County and Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional footb ...

was born in Hadley in 1881. He became a professional player, notably for

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. *On 13 September 1919,

Harry Patch Henry John Patch (17 June 1898 – 25 July 2009), dubbed in his later years "the Last Fighting Tommy Atkins, Tommy", was an English supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe, and the last surviving trench combat soldier of the World W ...

, who became the last surviving British combat soldier of

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, married his first wife, Ada Billington, at Hadley parish church. Billington later died in 1976. *

Len Murray, Baron Murray of Epping Forest Lionel Murray, Baron Murray of Epping Forest, (2 August 1922 – 20 May 2004) was a British Labour Party politician and trade union leader. Early life Murray was born in Hadley, Shropshire, the son of a young unmarried woman, Lorna Hodskinson ...

, trade union leader, was born in Hadley in 1922. *

Ernie Clements Ernest J Clements (28 February 1922 – 3 February 2006) was an English road racing cyclist, frame builder and cycle shop owner. Biography Born in Hadley, Telford, Shropshire, Clements was one of the leaders in the introduction of masse ...

, British racing cyclist, was also born in Hadley in 1922. *The ashes of

Dalian Atkinson Dalian Robert Atkinson (21 March 1968 – 15 August 2016) was an English professional footballer who played as a striker. During his club football career, he played in England for Ipswich Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa and Manchester Ci ...

, footballer, are buried in Hadley cemetery. Report by Lisa O'Brien, published following Dalian Atkinson's funeral.

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Notable people

See also

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