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== Parish History  ==
== Parish History  ==


'''DODINGTON''', a '''parish''' in Chipping-Sodbury district, Gloucestershire; among the Cotswolds, at the head of the river Frome, 2½ miles SE of Chipping-Sodbury.<ref>&lt;ref&gt;Wilson, John M., imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, Publ. Lindon Edinburgh 1870; See at http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk&lt;/ref&gt;</ref>
DODINGTON (St. Mary), a '''parish''', in the union of Chipping-Sodbury, Lower division of the hundred of Grumbald's-Ash, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 2½ miles (S. E. by E.) from Chipping-Sodbury. <ref>From: 'Doddington - Donisthorpe', [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50923 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 63-69.''] Date accessed: 08 April 2013.</ref>
 
== Resources  ==


==== Civil Registration  ====
==== Civil Registration  ====
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==== Census records  ====
==== Census records  ====


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==== Probate records  ====
==== Probate records  ====
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== References  ==
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Parish History[edit | edit source]

DODINGTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Chipping-Sodbury, Lower division of the hundred of Grumbald's-Ash, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 2½ miles (S. E. by E.) from Chipping-Sodbury. [1]

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records[edit | edit source]

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Census records[edit | edit source]

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.


Probate records[edit | edit source]

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Gloucestershire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. From: 'Doddington - Donisthorpe', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 63-69. Date accessed: 08 April 2013.


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