Widdington
Village in Essex, England
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Widdington is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It lies 4 miles (6 km) south of Saffron Walden, its post town. Widdington has a church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.[2] At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 502.
| Widdington | |
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St Mary's Church, Widdington | |
  Widdington Location within Essex | |
| Population | 502 (Parish, 2021)[1] |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SAFFRON WALDEN |
| Postcode district | CB11 |
| Dialling code | 01799 |
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 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.
