DODFORD, a parish in the hundred of FAWSLEY,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 2 miles (E.S.E) fromDaventry,
containing 247 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese
of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at £10.
Robert Andrew, Esq. was patron in 1801. The church,
dedicated to St. Mary, has portions in the early style of
English architecture; the font is Norman. Joseph
Cook, in 1779, bequeathed £500, the income arising
from which is £25 a year, applied in educating and
apprenticing poor children; thirty-five are taught by
means of this charity. The Grand Junction canal
passes along the east side of the parish.