Dawley, a hamlet on the west border of Middlesex; near the Grand Junction canal, 3 miles SSE of Uxbridge. It was known, at Domesday, as Dalleya; and it was the seat of the Bennets, and of Lord Bolingbroke.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

