Whaddon, Wiltshire
Historical Description
Whaddon, a parish in Wiltshire, adjacent to Holt station on the G.W.R., and 2 miles SSW of Melksham. Post town, Trowbridge. Acreage, 383; population, 18. The living is a rectory, annexed to Hilperton. The church is a small building of stone, and was restored in 1879.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Wiltshire | |
Hundred | Melksham | |
Poor Law union | Melksham |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the Wiltshire Record Office, have the following parish records online for Whaddon:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1582-1880 | 1583-1834 | 1582-1865 |
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:
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 Wiltshire papers online: