Dodderhill
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| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] SO901637] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Droitwich |
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Dodderhill is a civil parish, near Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, located on the River Salwarpe. The parish is bisected by the M5 motorway, constructed in 1962.[1] It is home to the Droitwich transmitting station in Wychbold.
History
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One of the earliest mentions of Dodderhill is of the Saxon Royal Palace recorded in the Saxon Charter of AD 692.[3] There was once a Roman fort and later an Anglo-Saxon church. The parish church of St. Augustine's, is on the hill overlooking Droitwich Spa. It was completed in 1220 and rebuilt in the 18th century.[4] A possible ley tunnel is said by archeologists to lead from St Augustine's, to Friar Street Droitwich Spa, part of a system of tunnels linking St Augustine's and St Andrew's churches.[5] (This 'tunnel' seems unlikely as it does not appear to have been located or mentioned when the railway and/or canal was built unless built after this time).
Notable people associated with Dodderhill include the MP Thomas Vernon, part of whose family estate was located in the parish; the royalist Sir Thomas Nott, who bought the manors of Sagebury and Obden in Dodderhill in 1637;[6] and the 'Salt King' and philanthropist John Corbett who built the Chateau Impney in 1873.[7][8]
Schools
There is one school associated with the area which is known as RGS Dodderhill. This is a private (fee paying) school for pupils from age 2 to 16 years. The senior school is housed in the old vicarage of the church shown above. As of 2022 there are around 150 pupils.
References
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- ^ Dodderhill Parish Survey project: Transport. Script error: No such module "webarchive". Retrieved 9 February
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dodderhill". Key to English Place-Names. The Institute for Name-Studies. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- ^ Dodderhill Parish Survey Project: History. Script error: No such module "webarchive". Retrieved 9 February 2010
- ^ Worcester BMSGH Script error: No such module "webarchive". Retrieved 9 February 2010
- ^ Worcester News archives: Droitwich Spa tunnels. Retrieved 9 February 2010
- ^ Stephen Porter, ‘Nott, Sir Thomas (1606–1681)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004
- ^ Dodderhill Parish Survey project: People. Script error: No such module "webarchive". Retrieved 9 February 2010
- ^ Dodderhill Parish Survey project: Historic Places & Buildings. Script error: No such module "webarchive". Retrieved 9 February
Further reading
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- Skerrat, Robin (2000) Memories of Wychbold before the Motorway.
- Dodderhill Parish Council
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