Doddington, Cheshire Family History Guide

Doddington is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1841 from Wybunbury Ancient Parish.

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Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1838
Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

• Wybunbury

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DODDINGTON, a township and a chapelry in Wybunbury parish, Cheshire.

The township lies near the North-western railway, adjacent to Salop and Staffordshire; 3¼ miles S of Basford r. station, and 5½ SE by S of Nantwich. Acres, 588. Real property, £1,334. Pop., 71. Houses, 13.

The chapelry was constituted in 1840. Post town, Wybunbury, under Nantwich. Pop., 566. Houses, 106.

The manor belonged, in the time of Edward II., to the Praers; passed to the Brescies, the Delves, and the Broughtons; and belongs now to Sir H. D. Broughton, Bart. The old manor-house was taken in 1643-4, by Lord Byron; and the present mansion, Doddington Hall, occupies the same site; and is a Grecian edifice. Some remains are near it of a castle, built in 1364, with statues of Lord Audley and his squires who fought at Poictiers.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, not reported. Patron, Sir H. D. Broughton, Bart.

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

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Administration

• County: Cheshire
• Civil Registration District: Nantwich
• Probate Court: Pre-1541 – Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory), Post-1540 – Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
• Diocese: Pre-1541 – Lichfield and Coventry, Post-1540 – Chester
• Rural Deanery: Nantwich
• Poor Law Union: Nantwich
• Hundred: Nantwich
• Province: York