Widdington

Other current and historical names

Widintuna
Widituna

Built-Up Area: Widdington
Parish/Community: Widdington
District/Borough: Uttlesford
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°57'39"N 0°14'14"E
Eastings/Northings: 553831, 231537
OS Grid: TL538315
Mapcode Local: GBR MCW.0VF
Mapcode Global: VHHLB.2ZD2

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

Widdington in historic gazetteers

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

Widdington.-- par. and vil., Essex - par., 2054 ac., pop. 377; vil., 5 miles S. of Saffron Walden; P.O.

Widdington in the Domesday Book

A village in Uttlesford hundred, in the county of Essex.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Saint-Valery
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Saint-Valery
- Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £7 in 1070; £8 13/- in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 20 smallholders; 4 freemen; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 10 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 24 pigs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ingulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 5 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Animals in 1066: 24 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 49 pigs
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Widdington, Essex

Widdington is a village in Essex

Widdington in historic gazetteers

Widdington in the Domesday Book