Gathering the Threads - MainSt Mary, Dudleston, Shropshire
In 1868 -- DUDLESTONE, a chapelry in the parish of Ellesmere, hundred of Pimhill, in the county of Salop, 3 miles N.W. of Ellesmere, and 5 S. of Overton. Chirk is its post town. It is situated on the river Dee, and contains the hamlets of Coedyralth and Pentrecoed. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £238, in the patronage of the Vicar of Ellesmere.