Burleydam
| Burleydam | |
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 Combermere Arms on the A525 |
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| Burleydam shown within Cheshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ605426 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WHITCHURCH |
| Postcode district | SY13 |
| Dialling code | 01948 |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
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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.
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. It benefited from the patronage of the Cotton family, later the Viscounts Combermere, who gained the abbey and its estates after its dissolution.
The village is historically sometimes spelled Burladame, Burledam and Burley Dam. Land at Burleydam was part of the lands granted to the Cistercian monastery of Combermere Abbey at its foundation in 1133. After its dissolution in 1538, the abbey's estate was given to Sir George Cotton; the family, later the Viscounts Combermere, remained major land owners in the area until the 20th century. They took the Royalist side in the Civil War, and Royalist troops under Lord Capell were quartered in Burleydam in 1643.
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