Whaddon in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bolla
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Waleran the hunter
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ingenulf of Whaddon (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 other households
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Woodland: 2 furlongs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Waleran the hunter
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 other households
  • Meadow: 4 ¹⁄₂ acres