Whaddon, Wiltshire

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Whaddon is a village in Wiltshire

Parish/Community: Hilperton
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°21'6"N 2°10'27"W
Eastings/Northings: 387958, 161442
OS Grid: ST879614
Mapcode Local: GBR 1SG.34B
Mapcode Global: VH96X.88CZ

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

Whaddon in historic gazetteers

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

Whaddon, par., Wilts, 2 miles SW. of Melksham, 438 ac., pop. 51.

Whaddon in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric of Melksham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aelfric of Melksham
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aelfric of Melksham
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 slaves; 3 other households
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Pasture: 1 furlong
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

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British Place Names

Whaddon, Wiltshire

Whaddon is a village in Wiltshire

Whaddon in historic gazetteers

Whaddon in the Domesday Book