Doddington, Northumberland

Description
Doddington, a village, a township, and a parish in Northumberland. The township lies near the river Till, 3 miles N of Wooler station on the N.E.R., and has a post office under Wooler (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Wooler. Acreage, 4917 ; population, 222. The parish contains also the townships of Nesbit, Ewart, and the Fentons. Population, 510. The Earl of Tankerville is lord of the manor and-principal landowner. There are remains of a Druidical temple, and Danish and British encampments; there is also a remarkable spring called " The Dod Well," which yields 73 gallons of water per minute. The parish is a resort of sportsmen. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Newcastle ; net value,. £237 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Northumberland. The church is Early English and good.