Widdington (St. Mary)
WIDDINGTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Saffron-Walden, hundred of Uttlesford, N. division of Essex, 8 miles (N. N. E.) from Bishop-Stortford; containing 377 inhabitants. It comprises 2087a. 2r. 37p., of which 1375 acres are arable, 337 pasture, and 248 woodland. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £25, and in the gift of W. J. Campbell, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £570, and the glebe comprises 42 acres. The church, a small edifice of stone, partly rebuilt with brick, retains several details in the Norman style.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.