DODFORD

Descriptive Notes:
The church of Holy Trinity and St. Mary was built in 1908 in the 'Arts and Crafts' style. It is a Grade II listed building featuring work done by the Bromsgrove Guild.
Rosedene a Chartist bungalow, at Victoria Road, Dodford, first occupied in 1849, has been purchased by the National Trust. It shows the conditions in which the early chartists lived.
Grafton Manor, now a hotel, with a history stretching back 700 years, lies on the southern edge of the Parish.

Status:
Ecclesiastical Parish [25]
Created in 1908 from Bromsgrove Ancient Parish, Dodderhill Ancient Parish, Upton Warren Ancient Parish, Catshill Ecclesiastical Parish & all of extra-parochial Grafton Manor.[25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO932724
Nearly 3 miles N.W. of Bromsgrove
Hamlets are Great & Little Dodford, Park Gate, Woodcote & Worms Ash. [11]

Parish Church:
Holy Trinity and St. Mary

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1921, Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1921 - *) [25]

Parish Registers:
No parish registers held at Worcestershire Record Office. The original registers are at the church.[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1919 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

Nonconformist:
Baptist:
Originals:1943-1981 Worcestershire Record Office [12]
Dodford Baptist Chapel has ceased to be used as a place of worship. Worcestershire Library and History Centre [30]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
Holy Trinity & St. Mary BMSGH microfiche [53]
Holy Trinity & St. Mary Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
Holy Trinity & St. Mary: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11 [Typescript.] - Published: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1991 - Authors: Farmer, G R & Bushell, L G Society of Genealogists [59]

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Dodford C P School
Log books - 1877-1909 - Ref: BA 1965/68, 69

Dodford County School
Log book - 1910-53 - Ref: BA 9805/(i)

A handlist of other records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.

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Last updated on 3rd April 2009

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