Dodleston, Cheshire

Description
Doddleston or Dodleston,/b>, a village and a township in Cheshire, and a parish partly also in Flintshire. The village stands near the boundary with Wales. 2 1/2 miles NW of Rossett 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 Chester. 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.