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Lincoln. Waditun (Waddington) an ancient hamlet at Craven in Yorkshire (quoted in Domesday Book A.D. 1086 as Widitun). When Surnames were first adopted, some 1,000 years ago, it was in or near this Hamlet or Village that the ancestors of all those who now bear its name (Waddington) resided and are of the Divine Stock of Woden." The surname Waddington was first found in Yorkshire where they were Lords of the manor of Waddington, a village and parish near Clitheroe. "It is natural to find the name crossing the border into Lancashire. This surname has ramified very strongly in the Northern counties." Indeed another source claims the family did in fact originate in Lancashire: "The Waddingtons, who are also established in Lancashire, have their principal home in the West Riding, where occur a village and a seat of the name." The Canterbury Journal states : "The Waddingtons are, we have heard, of Saxon origin, being like the "Guelphs" lineal descendants from the renowned "Woden" (70 B.c.) as also from the Ferrands of Gas-cony, a house which in the 12th century gave Kings to Portugal."
61:(Wodin/Waegdaeg/Wihtlaeg/Witta/Wihtgils/Hengest/Hartwake/Hattwigate/Hulderic/Bodic/Bertold/Sighard/Dieteric/Wernicke) was Wada Dux; an Anglo Saxon Chief of Lancashire and Yorkshire, and founder of the Township of Waddington and from whom the name of Waddington is derived. The name signified the town (ton) of the children (ing) of Wada. Wada's Father was said to be King Wernicke (sometimes written as Warnechin, Warnikind, Vellikinus), 10th King of Saxony. His Brother is said to be the famous clan leader Wudikind, who fought Charlemagne. 665: 73:
go on to marry Sir Roger Tempest of Bracewell. Lands belonging to, or leased from land owners or the King by the Waddington family included Slaidburn, Bolton-by-Boland, Downham, Rimmington, Barshall Eaves, Chaigley, Edisford, Read, Padham, Altham, Clayton-le-Moors, Rishton, Accrington, Haslingden and Hoddlesden.
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In 798 A.D. Wada Dux and his wife Bell had issue son called Wade (Wada). The principal seat of the Waddingtons was at Waddington, near Clitheroe. Chief of the region circa 1187 AD was Walter Wadingaton and his wife Goda. Their son, also named Walter, had several children including Alice; who would
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Thomas Waddington (1450-1530), married Alice Towneley of Towneley Hall. Held estates in Rishton, Burnley, Worston, Edisforth, Extwistle, Broad Holden (Haslingden) and Simonstone. In 1517 he transferred the lands Scaytcliff (Scaitcliffe) and Peneworth (Accrington) to Nicholas Rishton and to his Son
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Wadington, Waddington, Wodington, Wadiham, Wadyngton, and Waddingham, this is an English locational surname, derived from the Olde English name Wadingtun or Wadingatun. It originates from any or all of the villages called Waddington in Lincolnshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire, and Waddiham in
69:.The Waddington name may be traced in such places as "Wad-how, Wadsworth, Paddington, and strange as it may seem, in Padiham, the abode of Wada, since Pada and Wada were only variations of the same word. Their possessions extended over a large part of Yorkshire and Lancashire", 60:
The Ancient clan chief Odin (b. circa 210 AD), Woutan or Woden, was treated like a God by the Northern Races. The Historical Odin was chief of the AEsir Tribe, who were based in Sweden. His sons became the Kings of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany. Descendant of Odin
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pre 7th Century personal name "Wada", plus "-ing", meaning the tribe or people of", and "tun or ham", a settlement; and hence, "The settlement of the Wada people". It may be connected to be connected with the pre-7th century Old English name
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Henry Waddington (1490-1550), in 1509 vs Vicar Henry Salley; over Estate of Hakking (in Blackburn); was given Lands in Rodland and Typynhill in Hightenhill. Ightenhill spans the River Calder to the north of Padiham and includes Gawthorpe
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Robert Waddington (1415-1480), inherited Hoddlesden, New Hay (near Hoddlesden) Hacking, Grimshaw, and Oakenshaw (Clayton-le-Moores); which was assured by the payment of £20 by Geoffrey Grimshaw (presumed his
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Thomas de Wadyngton (1350-1400), went to Ireland on the King's service in the company with John de Stanley, supplying Robert, Marquis of Dublin
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fought a battle at Billington Moor against a nobleman named Wada in 798 AD, who had been one of those who killed King
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Thomas de Wadyngton, appointment (1348) by Sir John Tempest Knight as Lord of the Village of Wadyngton
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Walter de Wadyngton (1217-1293), married Goda, son (Walter) had a daughter Alice (Tempest)
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A dictionary of English and Welsh surnames : with special American instances
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Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family names of the United Kingdom
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Thomas Waddington (1493-1591), (in 1549) elected Greave for Clitheroe,
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Charlotte Mary Waddington (1907–2002), British journalist wrote as
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Reynold Waddington (1485-1543), Greave of Haslingden and Ightenhill
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Extracts from the Craven Herald, By The Rev. S. T. Taylor-Taswell.
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Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary
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Walter de Wadyngton (1340-1356), fought at the Battle of Poitiers
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Notable people and fictional characters with the surname
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Wade 152:(1796–1858), major-general Bombay engineers 158:(1819–1914), French philosopher and writer 645:Waddington, John; Ferrers, Henry (1934). 601:Waddington, John; Ferrers, Henry (1934). 581:Waddington, John; Ferrers, Henry (1934). 552:Waddington, John; Ferrers, Henry (1934). 502:Bardsley, Charles Wareing Endell (1988). 482:Waddington, John; Ferrers, Henry (1934). 30:origin. It is thought to derive from the 501: 427: 227:(1938–2019), Australian rules footballer 215:(1810–80), English congregational cleric 508:. Ramsbury, Wiltshire: Heraldry Today. 46: 702: 539:Homes of Family Names in Great Britain 459:. Great Britain: J. R. Smith. p.  311:, an English film and television actor 219:John Waddington (cricketer, born 1918) 648:Who's Who In The Family Of Waddington 604:Who's Who In The Family Of Waddington 584:Who's Who In The Family Of Waddington 555:Who's Who In The Family Of Waddington 536: 485:Who's Who In The Family Of Waddington 452: 407:Hanks, Patrick & Hodges, Flavia. 134:(born 1970), Brazilian film director 335:(1826–94), Prime Minister of France 144:Charles Waddington (disambiguation) 13: 221:(1918–85), South African cricketer 189:David Waddington, Baron Waddington 14: 736: 421: 380:. houseofnames.com. 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Index

surname
Anglo-Saxon
English
Old English
Wade
ford
Eardwulf of Northumbria
Æthelred I of Northumbria
Abe Waddington
Alfred Waddington
Andrucha Waddington
Bill Waddington
Charles Waddington (disambiguation)
Charles Waddington (East India Company officer)
Charles Waddington (philosopher)
Conrad Hal Waddington
Mary Stott
David Waddington (Essex)
David Waddington, Baron Waddington
Edward Waddington
George Waddington
John Waddington (disambiguation)
John Waddington (cleric)
John Waddington (cricketer, born 1918)
John Waddington (footballer)
John Waddington Limited
Mary Alsop King Waddington
Melville Waddington
Michael Waddington
Miriam Waddington

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