Widdington is a village and civil parish near Saffron Walden, in the Uttlesford district, in the county of Essex, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 504.[1] The village is located near the M11 motorway. Widdington has a church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.[2] Prior's Hall, now a private residence, is a rare survival of a stone-built structure from the late tenth or early eleventh centuries; Prior's Hall barn, from the fourteenth-century, is nearby.[3][4]
| Widdington | |
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 St Mary's Church, Widdington | |
  Widdington Location within Essex | |
| Population | 504 (2011 census) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Widdington was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Widituna.[5] The entry reads: Widi(n)tuna: St Valery Abbey; Robert from Robert Gernon; Ranulf Peverel.
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edit- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ St Mary the Virgin, Widdington - Essex | Diocese of Chelmsford
- ^ Prior's Hall Barn, Widdington, Essex:: OS grid TL5331 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland
- ^ Smith, Nicola (July 2012). "The Anglo-Saxon mystery of Prior's Hall". British Archaeology (125). York, England: Council for British Archaeology: 40–43. ISSN 1357-4442.
- ^ "DocumentsOnline".
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Media related to Widdington at Wikimedia Commons- Widdington Village Website
- Vision of Britain
- British Listed Buildings on Widdington
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