Dodington Gloucestershire Family History Guide

Dodington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1575

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DODINGTON, a parish in Chipping-Sodbury district, Gloucester; among the Cotswolds, at the head of the river Frome, 2½ miles SE of Chipping-Sodbury, and 4½ SE by E of Yate r. station. Post town, Chipping-Sodbury, under Chippenham. Acres, 1,473. Real property, £2,424. Pop., 126. Houses, 27. The property is divided among a few. Dodington House is the seat of Sir B. Codrington, Bart. Roman coins, urns, and other relics have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £199. Patron, Sir B. Codrington, Bart. The church is a neat Ionic edifice, built about 1810, and repaired in 1859.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Dodington, a parish in the hund. of Grumbald’s-Ash, union of Chipping-Sodbury, county of Gloucester; 2½ miles south-east of Chipping-Sodbury, near the post-road from Bath to Farringdon. Living, a rectory, formerly in the archd. and dio. of Gloucester, now in the dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; rated at £5 6s. 5½d.; gross income £214. Patron, in 1835, Sir C. B. Codrington, Bart. Acres 1,670. Houses 14. A. P. £2,538. Pop., in 1801, 95; in 1831, 113. Poor rates, in 1837, £181.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Gloucestershire, Dodington – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions and marriages for Wapley-cum-Codrington and Dodington : additional inscriptions to Bigland’s history
Author: Roe, Eric A. (Eric Arthur)

England, Gloucestershire, Dodington – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Dodington, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Gloucestershire, Dodington – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Dodington, 1578-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Dodington (Gloucestershire)

England, Gloucestershire, Dodington, St. Mary’s Church, parish registers, 1574 -1952
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Dodington (Gloucestershire); Bristol Record Office (Gloucestershire)

Index and transcripts of the Bristol Diocese burial registers : volume 3 1754-1812
Author: Bristol & Avon Family History Society

Monumental inscriptions and marriages for Wapley-cum-Codrington and Dodington : additional inscriptions to Bigland’s history
Author: Roe, Eric A. (Eric Arthur)

Parish chest records, 1800-1953
Author: Dodington (Gloucester)

Parish registers for Dodington, 1574-1952
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Dodington (Gloucestershire)

Administration

  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Chipping Sodbury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Hawkesbury
  • Poor Law Union: Chipping Sodbury
  • Hundred: Grumbald’s Ash
  • Province: Canterbury