Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DODDINGTON

DODDINGTON, a parish in Faversham district, Kent; 3¾ miles S of Teynham r. station, and 5¼ SE of Sittingbourne. It has a post office under Sittingbourne. Acres, 1, 918. Real property, £3, 314. Pop., 476. Houses, 97. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £257.* Patron, the Archdeacon of Canterbury. The church is chiefly Norman; but has a transition Norman chancel and an early English south chancel; and is in good condition. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £5.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Doddington AP/CP       Faversham RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Doddington

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