Wyddial

Other current and historical names

Widdial
Wyddiall
Widihale

Parish/Community: Wyddial
District/Borough: East Hertfordshire
County: Hertfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°57'50"N 0°0'15"W
Eastings/Northings: 537216, 231376
OS Grid: TL372313
Mapcode Local: GBR K8P.ZNZ
Mapcode Global: VHGNQ.WW4V

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

Wyddial in historic gazetteers

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

Wyddial, par., Herts., in NE. of co., 1½ mile NE. of Buntingford, 1224 ac., pop. 202; contains Wyddial Hall. seat.

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

Widdial, Herts. See WYDDIAL.

Wyddial in the Domesday Book

A village in Edwinstree hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.

- Overlords in 1066: Earl Algar; King Edward; Earl Harold
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alward the noble; Freemen, seven; Sired, Earl Harold's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £9 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 5 smallholders; 4 cottagers; 6 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

British Place Names

Wyddial, Hertfordshire

Wyddial is a village in Hertfordshire

Wyddial in historic gazetteers

Wyddial in the Domesday Book