Place:Whaddon, Gloucestershire, England

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Whaddon from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"WHADDON, a parish in the [registration] district and county of Gloucester; 3 miles S of Gloucester [railway] station. Post town: Gloucester. Acres: 727. Real property: £1,418. Population: 125. Houses: 21. The property is divided among a few. The living is a [perpetual] curacy, annexed to Brookthorpe. The church was partly restored in 1855."

Whaddon is almost contiguous with the city of Gloucester suburb of Tuffley.

In 1935 Whaddon was divided between Gloucester and Brookthorpe, a rural parish 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south (now on the opposite side of the M5 motorway. The widened parish was simply known as Brookthorpe until 1956 when it was renamed Brookthorpe with Whaddon. (Source: Wikipedia on the modern parish of Brookthorpe with Whaddon.)

Research tips

• The website British History Online provides eight chapters out of at least eleven of the Victoria County History Series on Gloucestershire. Some of these are outlines of topics concerning the whole county, others contain descriptions of cities, towns and villages of varying sizes throughout the area.
• Brett Langston's Registration Districts in Gloucestershire follows the history of registration district provision in Gloucestershire from its inception in 1837 through to the present day.
• GENUKI has a brief overall guide to various sources of information for the county.
• The FamilySearch Wiki on Gloucestershire provides information similar to that in GENUKI.
• Gloucestershire Archives for older sources such as pre-1837 parish registers and other contemporary documents. Address: Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, England GL1 3DW