Whaddon

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Whaddon is a village in Alderbury, Wiltshire

Built-Up Area: Alderbury
Parish/Community: Alderbury
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°2'6"N 1°43'14"W
Eastings/Northings: 419690, 126242
OS Grid: SU196262
Mapcode Local: GBR 51X.3TC
Mapcode Global: FRA 768C.ZFV

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 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

British Place Names

Whaddon, Wiltshire

Whaddon is a village in Alderbury, Wiltshire

Whaddon in the Domesday Book