Description
Dodington or Doddington, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire, among the Cotswolds, at the head of the river Frome, 2 1/4 miles SE of Chipping-Sodbury, and 4 SE by E of Yate station on the M.R. Post town, Chipping-Sodbury. Acreage, 1496; population, 131. Dodington Park, the seat of the lord of the manor, is a noble mansion in the Grecian style, situated in an extensive park, and contains a good collection of pictures. Roman coins, urns, and other relics have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; gross value, £220 with residence. The church, rebuilt in 1805, is in the form of a Greek cross, and is surmounted with a dome.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
