Widdington

{{Short description|Village in Essex, England}}

{{about|the village in Essex|the place near York|Widdington, North Yorkshire}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name= Widdington

| civil_parish = Widdington

| country= England

| region= East of England

|coordinates = {{coord|51|57|40|N|0|14|15|E|display=title|region:GB_type:city}}

| os_grid_reference=

| post_town= SAFFRON WALDEN

| postcode_area= CB

| postcode_district= CB11

| dial_code= 01799

| constituency_westminster =

| shire_district= Uttlesford

| shire_county= Essex

| hide_services= Yes

| population =504

| population_ref = (2011 census)

| area_total_km2=

|static_image=St. Mary's church, Widdington, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 148390.jpg

|static_image_caption=St Mary's Church, Widdington

|website=

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Widdington is a village and civil parish that is located near Saffron Walden, in the Uttlesford district, in the county of Essex, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 504.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130640&c=CB11+3RZ&d=16&e=62&g=6426362&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1443282958741&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate=26 September 2015}} The village is located near the M11 motorway. Widdington has a church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/widdington-st-mary-the-virgin/ St Mary the Virgin, Widdington - Essex | Diocese of Chelmsford]

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.[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/148378 Prior's Hall Barn, Widdington, Essex:: OS grid TL5331 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland]{{cite journal|last=Smith|first=Nicola|date=July 2012|title=The Anglo-Saxon mystery of Prior's Hall|journal=British Archaeology|publisher=Council for British Archaeology|location=York, England|issue=125|pages=40–43|issn=1357-4442}}

Widdington was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Widituna.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/search-results.asp?query=place%3Dwiddington&first_date=&last_date=&CatID=24&mediaArray=*&pageNumber=1&searchType=powersearch&queryType=1&sortSpec=first%5Fdate+desc|title = DocumentsOnline}} The entry reads: Widi(n)tuna: St Valery Abbey; Robert from Robert Gernon; Ranulf Peverel.