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St James' church, Dry Doddington |
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Dry Doddington
Dry Doddington shown within Lincolnshire |
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OS grid reference | SK850466 |
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Parish | Westborough and Dry Doddington |
District | South Kesteven |
Shire county | Lincolnshire |
Region | East Midlands |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Newark |
Postcode district | NG23 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
EU Parliament | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | Sleaford and North Hykeham |
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire |
Dry Doddington is a small village in the north-west of the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies about 6 miles (9.7 km) south east of Newark and about 9 miles (14 km) from Grantham.
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The village, on a small hill called Lincoln Hill, is surrounded by the River Witham to the west and south. Claypole is to the north and Westborough and Long Bennington 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south. The East Coast Main Line passes 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north-east.
Dry Doddington means the dry estate of a man called Dodda. There was a deserted medieval village named Stocking or Stockyng associated with Dry Doddington in the early 14th century; its precise location is unknown.[1]
Dry Doddington CE School was built as a National School in 1872, but was closed between 1926 and 1929, after which it re-opened as a primary school. It closed its doors for the last time in 1961.[2]
Today, the village forms part of the civil parish of Westborough and Dry Doddington, which had a population of 335 in 2001. Prior to 1931, Dry Doddington was a separate parish.[3]
The village public house is The Wheatsheaf Inn on Main Street.[4]
The parish church is dedicated to St James, which has a west-ward leaning tower. It is a grade II* listed building dating from the 12th century, with an early 14th century tower. It was restored in 1876.[5][6]
The church contains a memorial to the 49 Squadron Avro Lancaster that crashed near the village on 26 November 1944. The aircraft, called ‘O-Oboe’, was piloted by F/O Le Marquand (PB432). It had only been in the air for a few minutes before it crashed, laden with bombs and fuel. Whilst five members of the crew survived, Norman Langley, the wireless operator and air gunner, and Edward Blake, the mid-upper gunner, were killed.[7]