Dodderhill

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| static_image_caption = St. Augustine's parish church

| country = England

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| shire_district = Wychavon

| shire_county = Worcestershire

| region = West Midlands

| civil_parish = Dodderhill

| constituency_westminster = Mid Worcestershire

| postcode_district = WR9

| postcode_area = WR

| 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.[http://www.dodderhillhistory.org.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=60 Dodderhill Parish Survey project: Transport.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710061823/http://www.dodderhillhistory.org.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=60 |date=July 10, 2010 }} Retrieved 9 February It is home to the Droitwich transmitting station in Wychbold.

History

One of the earliest mentions of Dodderhill is of the Saxon Royal Palace recorded in the Saxon Charter of AD 692.[http://www.dodderhillhistory.org.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=58 Dodderhill Parish Survey Project: History.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710061813/http://www.dodderhillhistory.org.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=58 |date=July 10, 2010 }} Retrieved 9 February 2010

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.[http://www.worcesterbmsgh.co.uk/Dodderhill.html Worcester BMSGH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316214030/http://www.worcesterbmsgh.co.uk/Dodderhill.html |date=2010-03-16 }} Retrieved 9 February 2010 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.[http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/3591867.Town_looks_into_the_location_of_a_secret_tunnel_/ Worcester News archives: Droitwich Spa tunnels.] Retrieved 9 February 2010 (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;Stephen Porter, ‘Nott, Sir Thomas (1606–1681)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004 and the 'Salt King' and philanthropist John Corbett who built the Chateau Impney in 1873.[http://www.dodderhillhistory.org.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=55 Dodderhill Parish Survey project: People.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710061757/http://www.dodderhillhistory.org.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=55 |date=July 10, 2010 }} Retrieved 9 February 2010[http://www.dodderhillhistory.org.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=184 Dodderhill Parish Survey project: Historic Places & Buildings.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303072208/http://www.dodderhillhistory.org.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=184 |date=March 3, 2012 }} Retrieved 9 February

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.

Dodderhill

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