Dodington Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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Dodington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Parish registers begin: 1575

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Dodington Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers for Dodington.

Dodington, Bristol Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

Dodington, Bristol Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1922

Dodington, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1872

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Dodington, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1872

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Dodington, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1872

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

Maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

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