Doddington Kent Family History Guide

Doddington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.

Alternative names: Dodington

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1589
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DODDINGTON, a parish in Faversham district, Kent; 3¾ miles S of Teynham r. station, and 5¼ SE of Sittingbourne. It has a post office under Sittingbourne.

Acres, 1, 918. Real property, £3, 314. Pop., 476. Houses, 97. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £257. Patron, the Archdeacon of Canterbury. The church is chiefly Norman; but has a transition Norman chancel and an early English south chancel; and is in good condition.

There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £5.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Kent, Doddington – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Doddington, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Kent, Doddington – Church records ( 3 )
Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1563-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1905
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Doddington (Kent)

Parish register extracts, 1563-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Doddington (Kent)

Parish registers for Doddington, 1589-1952
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Doddington (Kent)

England, Kent, Doddington – Land and property ( 2 )
Deeds. etc., of Doddington and other parishes, 1361-1774

Faunce-Delaune manuscripts, 1484, 1545-1938

England, Kent, Doddington – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Doddington, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Read family (of Kent) : genealogical notes, pedigrees, extracts of registers, 1550-1800
Author: Tyler, Frank Watt

Administration

  • Civil Registration District: Faversham
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
  • Diocese: Canterbury
  • Rural Deanery: Ospringe
  • Poor Law Union: Faversham
  • Hundred: Teynham
  • Province: Canterbury