Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DODFORD

DODFORD, a parish in Daventry district, Northampton; adjacent to the Northwestern railway, 1½ mile NW of Weedon r. station, and 3 SE by E of Daventry. Post town, Weedon. Acres, 1, 180. Real property, £3, 045. Pop., 238. Houses, 65. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, 223.* Patron, T. R. Thornton, Esq. The church has a tower, an ancient font, two ancient effigies, and two brasses; and is good. Charities, £30.


(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: Dodford Parish       Daventry Poor Law Union/Registration District       Northamptonshire Ancient County
Place: Dodford

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