Dodington, Somerset

Infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 51.1589
longitude = -3.1848
official_name = Dodington
population =
shire_district = Sedgemoor
shire_county = Somerset
region = South West England
constituency_westminster = Bridgwater
post_town = BRIDGWATER
postcode_district = TA5
Postcode_area = TA
dial_code = 01278
os_grid_reference = ST172406

Dodington is a small village in the civil parish of Holford, on the northern slopes of the Quantock Hills, Somerset, England.

The small All Saints Church was rebuilt and enlarged in the 15th century. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building. [cite web |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=265139 |title=All Saints Church |accessdate=2008-03-10 |format= |work=Images of England ]

Dodington Hall was built in the 15th century and enlarged and refenestrated in 1581. [cite web |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=265142 |title=Dodington Hall |accessdate=2008-03-10 |format= |work=Images of England ] It was the home of Sir Francis Dodington who fought for the king during the English Civil War.cite book |title=Portrait of the Quantocks |last=Waite |first=Vincent |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1964 |publisher=Robert Hale |location=London |isbn=0709111584 |pages= ]

The village was the site of the Buckingham Mine where copper was extracted. [cite web |url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-1613.html |title=Buckingham Mine, Dodington, Bridgwater (Bridgewater), Somerset, England, UK |accessdate=2008-03-10 |format= |work= Minedat] The mine was established before 1725 and followed earlier exploration at Perry Hill, East Quantoxhead. It was financed by the Marquis of Buckingham until 1801 when it was closed, until various attempts were made to reopen it during the 19th century. [cite book|last=Hamilton|first=John|coauthors=J.F. Lawrence|title=Men and Mining on the Quantocks|publisher=Town & Country Press Ltd|location=Bracknell|date=1970|pages=28-77]

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