Dodford
Anglican: Holy Trinity and St Mary
The present church, built in the Arts and Crafts Perpendicular style in 1907/8, replaced a wooden building in Church Road. The architect of the new church was Arthur E Bartlett. The interior contains much work by the craftsmen of The Bromsgrove Guild.
A Grade II* Listed Building it features in Simon Jenkin’s “Englands 1000 Best Churches” and Betjeman’s “Best British Churches” (2011).
Dodford Church c1908, before consecration. Dodford Church, September 2014.
Holy Trinity and St Mary, September 2014.
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References and some further sources:
Aitken, John. Census of Religious Worship, 1851: The Returns for Worcestershire.
Bridges, Tim. Churches of Worcestershire (2005)
Brooks, Alan, and Nikolaus Pevsner. Buildings of England: Worcestershire (2007)
n.b. Full details of these books are on bibliography page.
Websites: British History Online: Entry for Bromsgrove has references to Dodford.
Grade II* Listed Building: Listing Details Here.
Historic England listing: Please Click Here
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Family History Website.
Dodford is the site of a Chartist Settlement of the mid 19th century. One cottage, Rosedene, is now in the care of the National Trust. Please Click Here for details.
Nearby churches are: Belbroughton, Bromsgrove, Catshill, Chaddesley Corbett, Bromsgrove Deanery.
Click on red text for a link. External website links will open in a new window. Page updated May 2022