Editing Audlem (section)

==Notable people==
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[[File:The Lord Combermere, Audlem - geograph.org.uk - 4189874.jpg|thumb|right|The Lord Combermere pub in Audlem, named [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] [[Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere|Lord Combermere]], who was educated in the village]]

Notable residents and other people associated with Audlem include:
* [[Isabella Whitney]] (c.1546/48–after 1624), the first woman known to have published secular poetry in the English language, grew up in Ryle Green when her father took a lease of a farm there.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/45498 |last=Travitsky |first=B. S. |chapter=Whitney, Isabella (fl. 1566–1573) |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2004 |access-date=21 April 2010}}</ref> Her brother, [[Geoffrey Whitney]] (c.1548–c.1601), is likewise believed to have been brought up there; also a poet, he is known for his collection ''Choice of Emblemes''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dictionary of National Biography |volume=LXI |pages=142–143 |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=1900}}</ref>
* [[William Baker of Audlem|William Baker]] (1705–1771), architect, surveyor and building contractor, lived at Highfields from the 1740s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Robinson |first=J. M. |title=Highfields, Audlem, Cheshire |magazine=Country Life |date=31 January 1991}}</ref>
* [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] [[Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere]] (1773–1865), soldier, associate of the [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Duke of Wellington]], was educated at a grammar school then in Audlem for three years from age nine before entering [[Westminster School]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Memoirs and Correspondence of Field-marshal Viscount Combermere |author1=Mary, Viscountess Combermere |author2=Knollys, W. W. |date=1866 |volume=1 |page=25}}</ref>
* [[Henry Lisle]] (1846 in Audlem – 1916), lawyer<ref>[http://saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Members-of-Legislative-Assembly.pdf    Saskatchewan Archives Board, Members of the Legislative Assembly] retrieved 17 March 2018</ref> and political figure in [[Saskatchewan]], Canada
* [[Alice Elizabeth Gillington]] (1863 in Audlem – 1934), author, poet and journalist;<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160414050932/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-955443961.html   EFDSS Folk Music Journal, Alice E. Gillington, Dweller on the Roughs] retrieved 17 March 2018</ref> published books about Gypsies
* [[Mary Clarissa Gillington]], later better known as May Byron (1861 in Audlem – 1936), author, poet, elder sister of Alice Gillington
* [[Herbert Broomfield]] (1878 in Audlem – unknown), football goalkeeper,<ref>[http://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/a-z_player_archive/a-z_player_archive_pages/broomfield_herbert.html  Profile at MUFC Info.com] retrieved 17 March 2018</ref> 28 pro appearances for [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.]]
* [[Peter Ellson]] (1925 in Audlem – 2014), professional footballing goalkeeper,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crewealex.net/news/2014/april/peter-ellson---a-tribute-/#YzczoY4AyF8Mpoqp.99|title=Peter Ellson – A Tribute |date=16 April 2014 |publisher=Crewe Alexandra F.C. |access-date=2 June 2024}}</ref> 219 pro appearances for [[Crewe Alexandra F.C.]]
* [[Peter McGarr]] (born 1953), classical composer and teacher; he has written several pieces inspired by Audlem ('Audlem Sonatas', 'Night-time' and 'Mourning Gamelan'), as homage to his mother, who lived in the village when she was a child.<ref>[http://www.petermcgarr-composer.co.uk  Website of UK Composer Peter McGarr]</ref>
* [[Margaret Canovan]] (1939–2018), political theorist, lived in Audlem from 1979 to 2003 while working at [[Keele University]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VZ5sDwAAQBAJ |title=Directory of European Political Scientists |author=European Consortium for Political Research, University of Essex |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. |date=2016 |edition=4th |isbn=9783111577555 |access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref>