Waddesdon

Other current and historical names

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Built-Up Area: Waddesdon
Parish/Community: Waddesdon
District/Borough: Aylesbury Vale
County: Buckinghamshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°50'45"N 0°55'17"W
Eastings/Northings: 474391, 216926
OS Grid: SP743169
Mapcode Local: GBR C12.7TD
Mapcode Global: VHDTW.ZV6Q

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

Waddesdon in historic gazetteers

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

Waddesdon, par., township, and vil., with ry. sta. (Waddesdon Road), Bucks - par., 6010 ac., pop. 1651; township, 5546 ac., pop. 1375; vil., 5½ miles by road and 7¼ by rail NW. of Aylesbury; P.O., T.O.

Waddesdon in the Domesday Book

A village in Waddesdon hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

- Overlord in 1066: Queen Edith
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictric of Waddesdon
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Taxable Value: 27 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 in 1066; £16 in 1070; £30 in 1086
- Households: 50 villagers; 10 smallholders; 17 slaves
- Plough Teams: 8 lord's ploughs; 20 men's ploughs (28 plough lands)
- Meadow: 28 ploughs
- Woodland: 150 pigs
- Mills: 1, value 12 shillings

British Place Names

Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire

Waddesdon is a village in Buckinghamshire

Waddesdon in historic gazetteers

Waddesdon in the Domesday Book