Wilkesley

Other current and historical names

Wiveslede

Parish/Community: Dodcott cum Wilkesley
Unitary Authority: Cheshire East
Region: North West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°57'56"N 2°33'14"W
Eastings/Northings: 362892, 341056
OS Grid: SJ628410
Mapcode Local: GBR 7R.KB4F
Mapcode Global: WH9BP.RQ0C

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Wilkesley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Wilkesley in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Wilkesley, Cheshire. See DODCOT CUM WILKESLEY.

Wilkesley in the Domesday Book

A village in Warmundestrou hundred, in the county of Cheshire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godric of Lawton; Dot of Huyton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Malbank
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Malbank
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 18 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 6 smallholders; 1 rider
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Woodland: 1 league

British Place Names

Wilkesley, Cheshire East

Wilkesley is a hamlet in Cheshire East

Wilkesley in historic gazetteers

Wilkesley in the Domesday Book