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4 unusual facts about Doddington


Doddington, Kent

Of particular note is Doddington Church with the unusual dedication of "The (decollation) Beheading of St. John the Baptist".

Kit Pedler

He died of a heart attack at his home in Doddington, Kent, while completing production of Mind Over Matter, a series for Thames Television on the paranormal that he presented with Tony Bastable.

Sir Henry Peyton, 1st Baronet

Sir Henry Peyton, 1st Baronet (1736-89), of Doddington, Cambridgeshire, was an English politician.

William Leete

Leete was born about 1612 or 1613 at Doddington, Huntingdonshire, England, the son of John Leete and his wife Anna Shute, daughter of John Shute, a justice of the King's Court.


Broughton baronets

The fourth Baronet, succeeded to the Doddington Park estate in Cheshire through his mother and assumed the additional surname of Delves according to the will of his maternal grandfather.

Kit Pedler

Pedler is buried at All Saints' Church in the Kent village of Graveney, where he lived before moving to nearby Doddington.

Westborough and Dry Doddington

To the west, the parish follows the River Witham next to Long Bennington parish then follows the east side of the A1, crossing Doddington Lane.


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