There were a few specialised metal workers in Dodderhill; these may have lived in the south of the parish close to Droitwich town. William Penrice (1732) was a locksmith and Richard Cox (1719) was a nailer. Richard Cox was not a typical nailer, since he had no tools, only an old pair of bellows, when he died and owned property in Elmbridge, Dodderhill and Clent.

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