Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHADDON

WHADDON, a parish in the district of Royston and county of Cambridge; 2¼ miles W of Meldreth r. station, and 4 N of Royston. Post town, Royston. Acres, 1,463. Real property, £2,213. Pop., 319. Houses, 60. The manor belongs to Lord Hardwicke. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £220.* Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church is old.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Whaddon AP/CP       Cambridgeshire AncC
Place: Whaddon

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