Dodderhill
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Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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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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;[5] and the 'Salt King' and philanthropist John Corbett who built the Chateau Impney in 1873.[6][7]
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
- ↑ 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
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Further reading
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- Skerrat, Robin (2000) Memories of Wychbold before the Motorway.
- Dodderhill Parish Council