Doddington, Cambridgeshire Family History Guide

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Doddington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire. March and Wimblington are chapelries of Doddington.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1681
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DODDINGTON, a village and a parish in North Witchford district, Cambridge. The village stands near the Wisbeach and Cambridge railway, near Wimblington r. station, 4¼ miles SSW of March; has a post office under March; and was once a seat of the Bishops of Ely-Real property, £15,355. Pop., 1,380. Houses, 273.

The parish contains also the town of March, and the hamlets of Wimblington and Benwick. Acres, 36,985. Real property £92,166. Pop., 8,722. Houses, 1,894. The manor belongs to Sir A. Peyton, Bart. The surface is fenny; and is bisected by the old river Nen.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; and, till 1868, was the richest benefice in the kingdom; but was then divided into the three rectories of Doddington, March, and Benwick. Value of the three, £7,306. Patron, Sir A. Peyton, Bart.

There are a Baptist chapel, four Methodist chapels, a national school, an endowed school with £55 a year, town-lands £146, and other charities £702.

Nalson, the historian, was rector.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Cambridgeshire, Doddington – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Benwick, 1851-1857
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Benwick (Cambridgeshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Doddington, 1600-1878
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Doddington (Cambridgeshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for March, 1599-1880
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of March (Cambridgeshire)

An indexed transcription of the parish registers of Doddington : baptisms, 1599-1950; marriages, 1600-1950; burials, 1599-1950; banns, 1786-1942
Author: Travers, N. K., Mrs.; Sugden, B., Mrs.; Church of England. Parish Church of Doddington (Cambridgeshire); Cambridgeshire Family History Society

March parish registers, 1547-1872
Author: Cambridgeshire Family History Society; Church of England. Chapelry of March (Cambridgeshire)

Parish registers for Doddington, 1681-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Doddington (Cambridgeshire)

Parish registers of St. Mary Doddington, St. Mary Benwick
Author: Cambridgeshire Family History Society

England, Cambridgeshire, Doddington – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Doddington, Cambs., Eng

England, Cambridgeshire, Doddington – History ( 1 )
A history of North Witchford hundred : Chatteris, Doddington, March, North Stranground, Whittlesey
Author: Wells, H. B.; Cambridgeshire Family History Society

England, Cambridgeshire, Doddington – Schools ( 2 )
School records of South District Infants’ School, 1873-1925
Author: South District Infants’ Council School (March, Cambridgeshire)

School records of West Fen School, 1890-1926
Author: West Fen School (March, Cambridgeshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Cambridgeshire
  • Civil Registration District: North Witchford
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Ely
  • Rural Deanery: Ely
  • Poor Law Union: North Witchford
  • Hundred: North Witchford
  • Province: Canterbury