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Dodcott cum Wilkesley

Civil parish in Cheshire, England

Field	Value
coordinates
official_name	Dodcott cum Wilkesley
label_position	top
population	415
population_ref	(2011)
civil_parish	Dodcott cum Wilkesley
unitary_england	Cheshire East
lieutenancy_england	Cheshire
region	North West England
country	England
constituency_westminster	Chester South and Eddisbury
post_town	WHITCHURCH
postcode_district	SY13
postcode_area	SY
dial_code	01270
os_grid_reference	SJ619428
static_image	Combermere Abbey.jpg
static_image_caption	Combermere Abbey: Abbot's House and clock tower

Dodcott cum Wilkesley is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The hamlet of Wilkesley (at ) lies miles to the west of Audlem and 7 miles to the south west of Nantwich. The parish also includes the village of Burleydam, the largest settlement, as well as the small settlements of Butterley Heyes, Cheshire Fields, Combermere, Lightwood Green and Royal's Green. It also formerly contained the settlements of Pinsley Green and Smeaton Wood, now located in Wrenbury cum Frith civil parish. Nearby villages include Adderley and Calverhall in Shropshire and Audlem, Newhall and Wrenbury within Cheshire.

According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 380, increasing to 415 at the 2011 Census.

Governance

From 1974 the civil parish was served by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the new unitary authority of Cheshire East. Dodcott cum Wilkesley falls in the parliamentary constituency of Chester South and Eddisbury, which has been represented since the 2024 general election by Aphra Brandreth of the Conservative Party. It was previously part of the Eddisbury constituency, which since its establishment in 1983 had been held by the Conservative MPs Alastair Goodlad (1983–99), Stephen O'Brien (1999–2015), Antoinette Sandbach (2015–19) and Edward Timpson (2019–24).

Geography and transport

The park of Combermere Abbey forms much of the area of the civil parish. Outside the park, there are several areas of woodland within the civil parish including Kent's Rough, Walkmill Covert and Wilkesley Covert.

The A525 and A530 roads run east–west and north–south, respectively, through the civil parish.

Combermere Abbey

Main article: Combermere Abbey

Combermere Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery which was founded in 1133 and is listed at grade I. Its park includes the large lake of Comber Mere and several areas of mixed woodland, including Poole's Riding Wood.

Places of worship

Main article: St Mary's and St Michael's Church, Burleydam

St Mary and St Michael's Church is located in the village of Burleydam. It dates from 1769 and is listed at grade II.

Notable residents

Geoffrey Whitney ( – ), a poet known for his collection Choice of Emblemes, lived at Royals Green towards the end of his life.

References

[http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/dodcott.html Genuki: Dodcott cum Wilkesley] (accessed 14 August 2007)
[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792577&c=Dodcott+cum+Wilkesley&d=16&e=15&g=428118&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics: Dodcott cum Wilkesley CP] (accessed 12 August 2007)
"Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080634_en_2#pt2-l1g3 Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008] {{webarchive. link. (May 17, 2009)
Latham FA, ed. ''Acton'', pp. 18–19 (The Local History Group; 1995) ({{ISBN. 0-9522284-1-6)
[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1138532 Images of England: Church of St Michael] (accessed 12 January 2008)
''Dictionary of National Biography'', vol. LXI, pp. 142–143 (Oxford University Press, 1900)

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