DODDINGTON, a parish in the eastern division of GLENDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, comprising the townships of Doddington, Earl (otherwise Yeard) Hill, Ewart, Humbleton, and Nesbitt, and con taining 865 inhabitants, of which number, 419 are in the township of Doddington, 3 miles (N. by E.) from Wooler. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of Durham, and in the patronage of the Duke of Northumberland. Until 1725, this was a chapelry to the vicarage of Chatton. Coal is obtained in the parish; and there is a considerable spring near the village, which turns a cornmill. A school-room has been erected at the expense of the Earl of Tankerville.