Heddington

Other current and historical names

Edintone

Built-Up Area: Heddington
Parish/Community: Heddington
Unitary Authority: East Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°23'47"N 2°0'16"W
Eastings/Northings: 399775, 166368
OS Grid: ST997663
Mapcode Local: GBR 2TF.J01
Mapcode Global: VHB48.65LC

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Heddington within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Heddington in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Heddington, par. and vil., N. Wilts, 3½ miles N. of Devizes, 1686 ac., pop. 357.

Heddington in the Domesday Book

A village in Calne hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Edward of Salisbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edward of Salisbury
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1070; £12 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 2 cottagers; 4 slaves; 24 other households
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 8 acres
- Pasture: 8 acres

British Place Names

Heddington, East Dorset

Heddington is a village in East Dorset

Heddington in historic gazetteers

Heddington in the Domesday Book