After his curacy at the village that is a suburb of Scunthorpe, Dudman was Industrial Chaplain to the Bishop of Lincoln.
Dudman was educated at King's College, Taunton; the University of Hull and Lincoln Theological College. 
 After curacies at Shiregreen,Wombwell and Frodingham he was Industrial Chaplain to the Bishop of Lincoln from 1957 to 1971. 
Frodingham was a hamlet in Lincolnshire which has grown into a suburb of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. 
