Burleydam

Burleydam
Combermere Arms on the A525
Burleydam is located in Cheshire
Burleydam
Burleydam
Location within Cheshire
OS grid referenceSJ605426
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWHITCHURCH
Postcode districtSY13
Dialling code01948
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
52°58′47″N 2°35′20″W / 52.9797°N 2.5889°W / 52.9797; -2.5889

Burleydam is a small English village in the civil parish of Dodcott cum Wilkesley in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, near the border with Shropshire. It is on the A525. The nearest town is Whitchurch in Shropshire, around 8 km (5 miles) to the west; nearby small settlements include Barnett Brook, Grindley Green and Royal's Green in Dodcott cum Wilkesley; Dodd's Green and Newhall in Newhall civil parish; and Old Woodhouses and New Woodhouses in Shropshire.[1]

The land was granted to Combermere Abbey, a Cistercian monastery, at its foundation in 1133. The village lies at the south-east edge of Combermere Park, around 750 m to the south east of the main (Stone Lodge) entrance.[1] It benefited from the patronage of the Cotton family, later the Viscounts Combermere, who gained the abbey and its estates after its dissolution.

  1. ^ a b "Burleydam, showing civil parishes", Interactive mapping, Cheshire East/Cheshire West and Chester, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 18 March 2013