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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 Williton district, Somerset; near the Quantock-hills, 6 miles ENE of Stogumber r. station, and 8½ WNW of Bridgewater. Post town, Nether-Stowey, under Bridgewater. Acres, 543. Real property, £754. Pop., 98. Houses, 18. The property is all in one estate. Limestone is quarried. A copper mine was formerly worked. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £120.* Patron, Sir P. P. F. P. Acland, Bart. The church is later English, with a tower; and is good.
Dodington is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET 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 Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12748
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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