Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DODDINGTON

DODDINGTON, a township and a parish in Glendale district, Northumberland. The township lies near the river Till, 3¼ miles N of Wooler, and 8½ SW of Beal r. station; and has a post office under Alnwick. Acres, 4, 798. Pop., 381. Houses, 74. The parish contains also the townships of Nesbit, Ewart, Humbleton, and Earl. Acres, 9, 110. Real property, £10, 182. Pop., 795. Houses, 158. The property is divided among a few. Coal is worked. The parish is a resort of sportsmen. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, 360.* Patron, the Duke of Northumberland. The church is early English, and good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a township and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Doddington Ch/CP/AP       Glendale RegD/PLU       Northumberland AncC
Place: Doddington

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