Place:Doddington, Northumberland, England

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The village and parish of Doddington is situated on the south side of the Milfield Plain, approximately 2 miles from the town of Wooler in the county of Northumberland. Notable buildings in Doddington include Doddington Hall, and the Anglican Church of St Mary and St Michael, which was built in the 18th century on the site of an original 12th Century place of worship. Its population, according to the 2011 UK census, was 195.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Doddington.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Doddington from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"DODDINGTON, a township and a parish in Glendale [registration] district, Northumberland. The township lies near the river Till, 3¼ miles N of Wooler, and 8½ SW of Beal [railway] station; and has a post office under Alnwick. Acres: 4,798. Population: 381. Houses: 74.

"The parish contains also the townships of Nesbit, Ewart, Humbleton, and Earl. Acres: 9,110. Real property: £10,182. Population: 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."

Doddington was originally a chapelry in the ancient parish of Chatton, Northumberland. It became a separate ancient parish in 1785 and a civil parish after 1837. From 1894 until 1974 the parish was part of Glendale Rural District. It was enlarged when Nesbit parish was abolished and absorbed in 1955. In 1974 rural districts were abolished and Doddington became part of the Berwick upon Tweed District until 2009 when Northumberland became a unitary authority.

Townships in Parish

• Earle
• Ewart
• Humbleton
• Nesbit (near Wooler)

Research Tips

• Northumberland Archives previously known as Northumberland Collections Service and Northumberland County Record Office. Now based within Woodhorn Museum in Ashington and providing free access to numerous records for local and family historians alike.

Full postal address: Museum and Northumberland Archives, Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9YF; Phone: 01670 624455

There is a branch office in Berwick upon Tweed.

• Northumberland and Durham FHS covers both Northumberland and County Durham. The Family History Society have a research centre in Percy House in central Newcastle upon Tyne (full address on website), open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 4 pm. Browse the website to see what else the society can provide.
• Further information from GENUKI
• Ordnance Survey map of Northumberland 1832 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time. This map includes the boundaries of the various Wards (or "hundreds") in existence at that time.
• Ordnance Survey map of Northumberland 1900 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• Ordnance Survey map of Northumberland 1944 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• English Jurisdictions 1851, a parish finding aid provided by FamilySearch, particularly helpful in large towns and cities.
• Unfortunately, there is no Victoria County History for Northumberland.