Waddington, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Waddington, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Mitton parish, W.R. Yorkshire, 1½ mile NW of Clitheroe station on the L. & Y.R.,with a post, money order, and telegraph office under Clitheroe. Acreage of township, 2073; population, 510; of the ecclesiastical parish, 824. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon; gross value, £120 with residence. The church is in the Perpendicular style, and consists of chancel, nave, and tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and almshouses for thirty widows, each of whom has a house and £24 per annum.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the West Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following West Riding newspapers online: