DODINGTON, a parish in the lower division of the
hundred of GRUMBALDS-ASH, county of GLOUCESTER,
2 miles (S.E. by E.) from Chipping-Sodbury, containing
106 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the
king's books at £5. 6. 5. C. Codrington, Esq. was
patron in 1816. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is
a small building, with a low tower. The river Frome
has its source in this parish. Urns, bones, and Roman
coins, have been discovered in a place called Dodington
Field.