Whaddon
"WHADDON, a parish in the hundred of Melksham, county Wilts, 3 miles N.E. of Trowbridge. The parish is intersected by the river Avon and the Kennet and Avon canal. The living is a discharged rectory annexed to that of Hilperton. The manor belongs to Walter Long, Esq., M.P., who resides at Hilperton."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Whaddon is 3 miles NE of Trowbridge. Grid Ref ST880615. Postcode BA14 6NR. Population 58 in 1831.
Cemeteries
Church Records
- St Mary the Virgin, Whaddon Lane, Church of England
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Whaddon, St Mary the Virgin:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1653-1991, Mar 1661-1996, Bur 1653-1976
- BTs before surviving registers for 1582-85, 1622-38, 1653-
- WFHS transcript Chr and Bur 1582-1837
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1582-1838
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Whaddon from the National Gazetteer (1868).