Dodcott cum Wilkesley was a township in the ancient parishes of Audlem and Wrenbury Parishes,
Nantwich hundred (SJ 5454), which became a civil parish in 1866.
It includes the hamlets of Burleydam (part), Butterley Heyes, Cheshire Fields,
Combermere, Lightwood Green, Pinsley Green, Royal's Green, Smeaton Wood and Wilkesley.
The population was 755 in 1801, 631 in 1851, 626 in 1901, and 451 in 1951.
Boundary Changes
1888 March 24 — Lost detached parts Nos. 1 and 2 to Acton (near Nantwich)
(48 acres, pop. 23 in 1891, including the Star public house and
Boffey's Farm)
Audlem: St. James the Great (Church of England). The ancient
parish church for the greater part (3937 acres, pop. 244 in 1871) of the township of Dodcott cum Wilkesley.
Wrenbury: St. Margaret (Church of England). The ancient
parish church for the smaller part (1866 acres) of the township of Dodcott cum Wilkesley.
Burleydam: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Michael (Church of England). Founded
in 1735 as a chapel
to Wrenbury: St. Margaret. A district church for part of Dodcott cum Wilkesley
from 1869.
