Doddington, Lincolnshire
Doddington is a village in the civil parish of Doddington and Whisby, in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. The parish had 319 residents at the 2011 census. It sits about 5 miles west of Lincoln, just north of the A46, and it borders Nottinghamshire to the west. The parish includes the hamlet of Whisby and parts of the Whisby Moor Nature Reserve.
History: In 1921, Doddington parish had 128 people. On 1 April 1931 it merged with Whisby to form Doddington and Whisby.
In the Domesday Book (1086) the village was called Dodingtone, with 21 households. It belonged to the hundred of Graffoe; before the Conquest the lord was Aelric son of Mergeat, and afterward Westminster Abbey St Peter became lord and tenant-in-chief.
The parish church, St Peter, is a Grade II listed building. It was rebuilt in 1771 under Lord Delaval, keeping the Early English font. Architects Thomas and William Lumby copied details from the earlier north aisle. The church contains a chalice from around 1569, a 1670 alms basin, a 1706 flagon by John Bodington, and a 1706 paten by William Fawdery. John Delaval, the last male heir of the Delaval family, is buried there, and the interior is said to have been painted black for his funeral. Other nearby listed buildings include farmhouses and cottages.
In the village lies Doddington Hall, a Grade I listed Elizabethan house and former seat of the Delaval family. It is built in an E-plan and has three octagonal brick turrets with leaded cupolas.
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