Hadley is a village in the civil parish of Hadley and Leegomery in the borough of

Telford and Wrekin Telford and Wrekin is a Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough and unitary authority in Shropshire, England. In 1974, a non-metropolitan district of Shropshire was created called the Wrekin, named after The Wrekin, a prominent hill to the ...

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, England. It neighbours the village of Leegomery. Hadley is about north-west of

Telford Telford () is a town in the Telford and Wrekin borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Shropshire, England. The wider borough covers the town, its suburbs and surrounding towns and villages. The town is close to the county's eastern b ...

. The population of the civil parish mentioned at the 2011 census was 14,166. It neighbours

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. Wellington'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), are to the west of Hadley.

Ketley Ketley is a large village and civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin of Shropshire, England. It is located between the outlying towns of Oakengates, Telford and Wellington. Residential development East Ketley is currently being r ...

is to the south of the village. Hadley Learning Community, opened in 2006, is a

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for students from 5 – 16 years of age located in 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 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 Shrewsbury and 13 miles (20 km) west-northwest of Wolverhampton. It is near the M54 motorway and A5 (road), A5 road ...

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 referred to as Wolves, is a profession ...

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

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. *On 13 September 1919,

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(1898-2009), who became the last surviving British combat soldier of

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, married his first wife, Ada Billington (1891-1976), at Hadley parish church. * Len Murray, Baron Murray of Epping Forest, trade union leader, was born in Hadley in 1922. * Ernie Clements, British racing cyclist, was 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 C ...

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

References

Populated places in Shropshire Hadley and Leegomery {{Shropshire-geo-stub

Notable people

See also

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