Doddington, Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°13′08″N 0°39′14″W / 53.219°N 0.654°W / 53.219; -0.654

Doddington
St Peter's church, Doddington
Doddington  Doddington shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	SK 89969 70010
Unitary authority	North Kesteven
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lincoln
Postcode district	LN6
Dialling code	01522
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Sleaford and North Hykeham (UK Parliament constituency)
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Doddington is a village in the civil parish of Doddington and Whisby in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The parish lies 5 miles (8.0 km) west from Lincoln, north of the A46 road, and is bounded to its west by Nottinghamshire. It includes the hamlet of Whisby, and parts of the Whisby Moor Nature Reserve.^[1]

Doddington’s Grade II listed parish church is dedicated to St Peter.^[2][3] The church was rebuilt in 1771 but retained its Early English font.^[4] Other listed structures include farm houses, cottages and occupational buildings.^[5]

Within the village is the Grade I listed Elizabethan house, Doddington Hall,^[6][7] a former seat of the Northumbrian Delaval family.^[8] The house is H-plan, and surmounted by three octagonal brick turrets with leaded cupolas^[4]

References

1. ^ Doddington and Whisby parish map, lincolnshire.gov.uk; retrieved 21 June 2011
2. ^ St Peter’s Church Doddington, British Listed Buildings; retrieved 21 June 2011
3. ^ Doddington (with Whisby), genuki.org.uk; retrieved 21 June 2011
4. ^ ^{a b} Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 117; Methuen & Co. Ltd
5. ^ Doddington and Whisby, British Listed Buildings; retrieved 21 June 2011
6. ^ Doddington Hall, British Listed Buildings; retrieved 21 June 2011
7. ^ Doddington Hall, Historic Houses Association; retrieved 21 June 2011
8. ^ "Doddington Hall" Heritage Educational Outreach Trust; retrieved 21 June 2011