Whaddon

Whaddon is a village and civil parish in , England. It is situated just outside of , a constituent town of . The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'hill where wheat is grown'.
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  • Type: Village with 533 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Whaddon, Buckinghamshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Snelshall Priory and Whaddon Hall.

Archaeological site
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was a Benedictine priory in , in the , built around 1200. The priory was founded after Sybil d'Aungerville granted land at to Lavendon Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery of 'White canons' who most likely started a cell at Snelshall.

House
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is a country house in Whaddon, Buckinghamshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.

Prison
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is a category B men's high security located in , England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westcroft and Tattenhoe.

Suburb
is a district in the western part of , , England, in the civil parish of . District Centre is a large retail development that serves this side of Milton Keynes.

Suburb
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and Park are adjacent neighbourhoods of , , England, in the ancient ecclesiastic parish of . They are located at the south-western edge of the city, next to Whaddon in , not far from the ruins of . is situated 1½ miles east of Whaddon.

Hamlet
Calverton is a civil parish in the unitary authority area of the , , and just outside the Milton Keynes urban area, situated roughly 1 mile south of , and 4 miles west of . is situated 2½ miles north of Whaddon.

Whaddon

Latitude
51.99935° or 51° 59′ 58″ north
Longitude
-0.82535° or 0° 49′ 31″ west
Population
533
Elevation
436 feet (133 metres)
Open location code
9C3XX5XF+PV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29358651
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2634200
Wiki­data ID
Q2074399
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Whaddon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وهدن”
  • Cebuano: “Whaddon”
  • Chinese: “Whaddon”
  • Dutch: “Whaddon”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وهدن”
  • French: “Whaddon”
  • German: “Whaddon”
  • Irish: “Whaddon”
  • Italian: “Whaddon (Buckinghamshire)”
  • Italian: “Whaddon”
  • Ladin: “Whaddon (Buckinghamshire)”
  • Ladin: “Whaddon”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Whaddon (Buckinghamshire)”
  • Persian: “واددون، باکینگهام‌شر”
  • Persian: “واددون”
  • Polish: “Whaddon”
  • Spanish: “Whaddon”
  • Swedish: “Whaddon, Buckinghamshire”
  • Swedish: “Whaddon”
  • Turkish: “Whaddon, Buckinghamshire”
  • Ukrainian: “Веддон”
  • Urdu: “وھیڈن، بکنگھم شائر”
  • Welsh: “Whaddon, Swydd Buckingham”
  • Welsh: “Whaddon”
  • “Whaddon”

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