Doddington, Lincolnshire

Village in Lincolnshire, England

This article is about the village near Lincoln. For the village near Newark, see Dry Doddington.

Human settlement in England

Doddington

Church of St Peter, Doddington

Doddington

Location within Lincolnshire

OS grid reference| SK899700
• London| 120 mi (190 km) S
Civil parish|

* Doddington and Whisby

District|

* North Kesteven

Shire county|

* Lincolnshire

Region|

* East Midlands

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Lincoln
Postcode district| LN6
Dialling code| 01522
Police| Lincolnshire
Fire| Lincolnshire
Ambulance| East Midlands
UK Parliament|

* Sleaford and North Hykeham (UK Parliament constituency)

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53°13′08″N 0°39′14″W﻿ / ﻿53.219°N 0.654°W﻿ / 53.219; -0.654

Doddington is a village in the civil parish of Doddington and Whisby, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish of "Doddington and Whisby" at the 2011 census was 319.[1] The parish of Doddington and Whisby lies 5 miles (8 km) west of Lincoln,[2] to the north of the A46 road, and is bounded to its west by Nottinghamshire. It includes the hamlet of Whisby, and parts of the Whisby Moor Nature Reserve.[3]

In 1921 the parish of Doddington had a population of 128.[4] On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished and merged with Whisby to form "Doddington and Whisby".[5]

In the Domesday Book of 1086, Doddington is written as "Dodingtone", in the Hundred of Graffoe, in Kesteven. It held 21 households, 14 villagers, 6 smallholders, a church with priest, and 4 ploughlands.[6] Before the Conquest, lordship was held by Aelric son of Mergeat; after, the abbey of Westminster St Peter became Lord and Tenant-in-chief.[7]

Doddington's Grade II listed parish church is dedicated to St Peter.[8][9] The church was rebuilt in 1771 but retained its Early English font;[10] the rebuilding was under the auspices of Lord Delaval.[11] Pevsner notes that the architects, Thomas and William Lumby, retained and copied north aisle details from the previous Decorated building, and that the church holds a c.1569 chalice, a 1670 alms basin, a 1706 flagon by John Bodington, and a 1706 paten by William Fawdery.[12]

John 'Jack' Delaval (1756-1775), the last male heir of the Delaval family, died aged nineteen and was buried in St Peter's Doddington. Reportedly the church interior was painted black for the funeral.[13]

Other listed structures include farm houses, cottages and occupational buildings.[14]

Within the village is the Grade I listed Elizabethan house, Doddington Hall,[15][16] a former seat of the Northumbrian Delaval family.[17] The house is E-plan, and surmounted by three octagonal brick turrets with leaded cupolas.[10]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Civil parish population 2011". National Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
2. ^ AA Book of British Villages. Drive Publications Limited. 1980. p. 153\. ISBN 9780340254875.
3. ^ Doddington and Whisby parish map, lincolnshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2011
4. ^ "Population statistics Doddington CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
5. ^ "Relationships and changes Doddington CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
6. ^ "Documents Online: Doddington, Lincolnshire", Folio: 346r, Great Domesday Book; The National Archives. Retrieved 23 December 2011
7. ^ "Doddington", Domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2011
8. ^ St Peter’s Church Doddington, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 21 June 2011
9. ^ Doddington (with Whisby), Genuki. Retrieved 21 June 2011
10. ^ a b Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p.117; Methuen & Co. Ltd
11. ^ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p.378
12. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire pp.514, 515; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram (1989), Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09620-8
13. ^ Green, Martin (2010); The Delavals: A Family History, p.96.
14. ^ Doddington and Whisby, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 21 June 2011
15. ^ Doddington Hall, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 21 June 2011
16. ^ Doddington Hall, Historic Houses Association; retrieved 21 June 2011
17. ^ "Doddington Hall" Heritage Educational Outreach Trust. Retrieved 21 June 2011

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Doddington, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons
* Doddington in the Domesday Book
* Doddington (with Whisby), Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2013

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