[5] The name Dodleston likely derives from the Old English personal noun Dod(d)el and the word tūn, meaning "an enclosure, farmstead or settlement".

[9] In the early 1980s the old order of life in a small country village was considerably affected[citation needed] by the development of a new housing estate, which became known as Boydell Park.

[citation needed] Within Boydell Park and branching off Penfold Way is Mallory Walk, which is a cul de sac with footpath access to other areas of Dodleston.

His son George Mallory was the English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to conquer Mount Everest in the early 1920s.

An electoral ward in the name of Dodleston and Huntington existed at the time of the 2011 census, which covered both of the parishes plus their surrounding areas.