In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Widdington like this:
WIDDINGTON, a parish in Saffron-Walden district, Essex; 1¾ mile SSE of Newport r. station, and 5 S of Saffron-Walden. Post town, Bishop-Stortford. Acres, 2,028. Real property, £3,041. Pop., 409. Houses, 91. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £570.* Patron, Major M. H. Court. The church is tolerable. There is an Independent chapel.
Widdington through time
Widdington is now part of Uttlesford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Uttlesford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Widdington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Widdington, in Uttlesford and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6975
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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