Dodderhill, Worcestershire
Historical Description
Dodderhill, a village and a parish in Worcestershire, partly within the municipal borough of Droitwich. The village stands in the vicinity of the Birmingham and Worcester Canal, half a mile N of Droitwich, and had anciently an hospital, founded in the time of Edward I. by William de Dovere. The parish includes the villages of Wychbold and Rashwood, and Paper Mills, formerly extra-parochial. There is a post office at Wychbold under Droitwich; money order and telegraph office, Droitwich. Acreage, 3512; population of the civil parish, 1660; of the ecclesiastical, 945. Some of the inhabitants are employed in paper-mills and salt works. Impney and Wychbold Hall are the chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £220 with residence. The church shows some curious features partly Norman, was much injured during the Civil War and afterwards restored, and has a tower and monumental tablets. The perpetual curacy of Wychbold is a separate benefice. There is a Congregational chapel at Wychbold.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Worcestershire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Dodderhill St. Augustine | |
Hundred | Halfshire | |
Poor Law union | Droitwich |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
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Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Dodderhill from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Dodderhill (St. Augustine))
Land and Property
The full transcript of the Worcestershire section of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Worcestershire 1569 is available on the Heraldry page.