Dodcot cum Wilkesley, Cheshire
Historical Description
Dodcot-cum-Wilkesley, a township in Wrenbury-cum-Frith and Audlem parishes, Cheshire, adjacent to Salop, 3½ miles SW of Audlem. It contains the hamlets of Wilkesley and part of Burley-Dam. Combermere Abbey, the seat of Viscount Combermere, is in this township. Acreage, 5756; population, 569. There is a church at Burley-Dam.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Cheshire | |
Civil parish | Audlem | |
Hundred | Nantwich | |
Poor Law union | Nantwich |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Dodcot cum Wilkesley from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Dodcot, with Wilkesley)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cheshire papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 is available on the Heraldry page.