 Doyleston promised to be one of the main townships in the Ellesmere area, but before long Leeston overtook it and some businesses moved there.Doyleston had a school for many years, but it consolidated with Leeston School in the late 1930s.Doyleston featured a hall on the main street (the second on the site), but partly due to a car crash it was pulled down, making way for new housing.