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Doddleston or Dodleston, Cheshire

Historical Description

Doddleston or Dodleston, a village and a township in Cheshire, and a parish partly also in Flintshire. The village stands near the boundary with Wales. 2½ miles NW of Ros-sett station on the G.W.R., and 5 SSW of Chester. The township includes also the hamlet of Gorstella. Acreage,. 1673; population, 273, It has a post office under Chester; money order and telegraph office, Rossett. The parish contains likewise the townships of Lower Kinnerton and Higher Kinnerton. Acreage, 4035; population, 825. The manor belongs to the Duke of Westminster. A seat of the Egertons here was the headquarters of Sir William Brereton at the siege of Chester in 1645-6. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester; net value, £270 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Cliester. The church was rebuilt in 1870, excepting only the lower part of the tower. Lord Ellesmere, Lord Chancellor in the reign of James I., was buried here. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyCheshire 
Ecclesiastical parishDoddleston St. Mary 
HundredBroxton 
Poor Law unionGreat Boughton 
Registration districtGreat Boughton1837 - 1869
Registration districtChester1870 - 1937

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Doddleston or Dodleston from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.


Maps

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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.

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