Whaddon, Gloucestershire
Historical Description
Whaddon, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire, 3 miles S of Gloucester. Post town, Gloucester. Acreage, 537; population, 106. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Brookthorpe. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1855 and 1880.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Gloucestershire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Whaddon St. Margaret | |
| Hundred | Dudstone and Kings Barton | |
| Poor Law union | Gloucester |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Whaddon 1620-1812, Gloucestershire is available to browse online.
The register dates from the year 1674.
The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.
Churches
Church of England
St. Margaret (parish church)
The church of St. Margaret is an ancient building of stone, consisting of chancel and nave, north porch, and an embattled western tower containing 3 bells: the nave and chancel belong to the 13th century and the tower to the 15th century: in 1855 the church was completely restored, with the exception of the chancel, which, in 1880, was restored by the Ecclasiastical Commissioners; there are 120 sittings.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Whaddon from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Whaddon (St. Margaret))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Whaddon are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Gloucestershire online:
- Gloucester Citizen
- Gloucester Journal
- Gloucestershire Chronicle
- Gloucestershire Echo
- Cheltenham Chronicle
- Cheltenham Looker-On
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of the county of Gloucester, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.