Burley Dam, Cheshire
Historical Description
Burley-Dam, a village and an ecclesiastical parish in Audlem and Acton parishes, Cheshire, on the verge of the county, 3½ miles SSE of Wrenbury station on the Crewe and Shrewsbury branch of the L. & N.W.R., and 4½ E by N of Whitchurch, which is the post town. Population of the ecclesiastical parish of St Mary and St Michael, 423. The village is partly in the township of Dodcott-cum-Wilksley and partly in that of Newhall. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1879, and includes the township of Dodcott-cum-Wilksley. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester; net value, £203 with residence. Patron, Lord Combermere. The church was built in 1769, and enlarged in 1886.
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 | Acton | |
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 Burley Dam from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Burley-Dam)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 is available on the Heraldry page.