Liddington

Other current and historical names

Ledentone

Built-Up Area: Liddington
Parish/Community: Liddington
Unitary Authority: Vale of White Horse
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°31'52"N 1°42'19"W
Eastings/Northings: 420528, 181409
OS Grid: SU205814
Mapcode Local: GBR 4VR.TYC
Mapcode Global: VHC13.DS71

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

Liddington in historic gazetteers

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

Liddington, par. and vil., Wilts, 3 miles SE. of Swindon, 2767 ac., pop. 416; 1 mile S. of vil. is Liddington Castle.

Liddington in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Shaftesbury St Edward & St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Shaftesbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Shaftesbury
- Taxable Value: 38 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £18 in 1070; £22 in 1086
- Households: 23 villagers; 17 smallholders; 6 slaves; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 furlongs
- Pasture: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure
- Mills: 2, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Liddington, Vale of White Horse

Liddington is a village in Vale of White Horse

Liddington in historic gazetteers

Liddington in the Domesday Book