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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dodington like this:
DODINGTON, a parish in Chipping-Sodbury district, Gloucester; among the Cotswolds, at the head of the river Frome, 2½ miles SE of Chipping-Sodbury, and 4½ SE by E of Yate r. station. Post town, Chipping-Sodbury, under Chippenham. Acres, 1, 473. Real property, £2, 424. Pop., 126. ...
Houses, 2 7. The property is divided among a few. Dodington House is the seat of SirB. Codrington, Bart. Roman coins, urns, and other relics have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £199.* Patron, SirB. Codrington, Bart. The church is a neat Ionic edifice, built about 1810, and repaired in 1859.
Dodington is now part of SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dodington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dodington, in South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10593
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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