DODBEOOKE. 



CHAPTER VI. 



Cities and towns, the various haunts of men, 

 Require the pencil, they defy the pen. 

 Could he who sang so well the Grecian fleet, 

 So well have sung of alley, lane, or street ? 



Crable. 



DODBROOKE, which is so closely connected with Kingsbridge 

 that it is not easy to define the boundaries, is more ancient 

 than the latter place. At Domesday survey, the Manor 

 of Dodbrooke belonged to the widow of Edward the Con- 

 fessor, and after her it was held by the family of De 

 Dodbrooke, whose heiress married Alan Fitz Roald, ancestor 

 of the family of Fitz Alan, who were possessed of it for 

 five descents. The heiress of this family brought it to 

 Champernowne. The manor now belongs to John Froude 

 Bellew, Esq. 



Sir William Pole says : " Dodbrooke discended from the 

 Lady Alis de Dodbroke, by Rohant, unto Sir Richard 

 Champernon, of Modbury." 



In 1801, the number of inhabitants in Dodbrooke 

 amounted only to 608. As far as we can ascertain, we 

 believe the numbers reported at the census of 



1841 amounted to 1,229 



1851 „ 1,302 



18G1 „ 1,181 



1871 „ 1.245 



