Doddenham

Doddenham
Doddenham Hall Farm
Doddenham
Location within Worcestershire
Population245 (2021 cenus)[1]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWorcester
Postcode districtWR6
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

Doddenham is a hamlet and civil parish (with Knightwick) in the Malvern Hills district in the county of Worcestershire, England.

Doddenham was in the lower division of Doddingtree Hundred.[2]

A notable landscape feature is Ankerdine Hill.

The name Doddenham derives from the Old English Doddahām meaning 'Dodda's village', or Doddahamm meaning 'Dodda's hemmed-in land'.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Doddenham". City population. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. ^ Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Vanessa Morgan, 2011, p20 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
  3. ^ "Doddenham". Key to English Place-Names. The Institute for Name-Studies. Retrieved 3 November 2025.