History
The parish of Holford was part of the Whitley Hundred, while Dodington was part of the Williton and Freemanners Hundred. Holford Glen was once the site of a Huguenot silk factory.
The 15th century Doddington Hall manor house contains the mechanism of a water driven spit in the cellar below the kitchen, and also has heraldic glass dating back to 1485 in parlour wing.
The tannery was built by James Hayman, in the 16th century and is now a hotel. The waterwheel which powered the tannery is still present.
Dodington was the site of the Buckingham Mine where copper was extracted. The mine was established before 1725 and followed earlier exploration at Perry Hill, East Quantoxhead. It was financed by the Marquis of Buckingham until 1801 when it was closed, until various attempts were made to reopen it during the 19th century. The remaining engine house is now a listed building.
Alfoxton House (now Alfoxton Park Hotel) was built as an 18th-century country house and occupied by poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy, between July 1797 and June 1798, during the time of their friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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