Great Doddington is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by
two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...
in the United Kingdom, close to
Wellingborough
Wellingborough ( ) is a large market and commuter town in the unitary authority area of North Northamptonshire in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England, 65 miles from London and from Northampton on the north side of the River Nen ...
and just off the
A45. At the time of the
2001 census, the parish's population was 1,061 increasing to 1,123 at the 2011 census.
The name ''Dodda's Tun'' probably refers to an
Anglo-Saxon leader 'Dodda' establishing a stronghold in the strategic position overlooking the
Nene Valley.
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
records the principal landowner as
Judith, widow of
Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria.
The
Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britai ...
St Nicholas Church dates back to
Norman days and has a square tower and four 15th century
misericord
A misericord (sometimes named mercy seat, like the biblical object) is a small wooden structure formed on the underside of a folding seat in a church which, when the seat is folded up, is intended to act as a shelf to support a person in a par ...
s. The village contains a
village shop, and two churches, St Nicholas' and a
United Reformed Chapel.
The civil parish contains two wards.
Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 2510
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References
External links
The village's official website
The Parish Church's official website
Great Doddington Photos
Great Doddington Flickr photo pool
Great Doddington Primary School
Villages in Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire
Civil parishes in Northamptonshire
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