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Doddington, Shropshire

Historical Description

Doddington, an ecclesiastical parish in the civil parishes of Cleobury-Mortimer and Coreley, Salop, 4 miles W of Cleobury-Mortimer. It has a post office under Bewdley;. money order office, Clee Hill; telegraph office, Cleobury-Mortimer. It was constituted in 1849. Population, 294. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; gross value, £49. The church was erected in 1849.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Church Records

The register dates from the year 1849.


Churches

Church of England

St. John

The church of St. John, situated on the side of the Clee Hill, and erected in 1849 by the late Thomas Botfield esq, of Hopton Court, at a cost of £2,000, is a building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled tower containing a clock and 2 bells: the church was endowed by the founder with £1,000 and five acres of land, producing altogether about £50 yearly.


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Shropshire (Salop) is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Doddington are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Shropshire newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.

CountyShropshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtDY14
Post TownKidderminster

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