| Official Name: | Widdington |
| Civil Parish: | Widdington |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | East of England |
| Coordinates: | 51.9611°N 0.2375°W |
| Hide Services: | Yes |
| Population: | 504 |
| Population Ref: | (2011 census) |
| Static Image: | St. Mary's church, Widdington, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 148390.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Mary's Church, Widdington |
Widdington is a village and civil parish near Saffron Walden, in the Uttlesford district, in the county of Essex, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 504.[1] The village is located near the M11 motorway. Widdington has a church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.[2] 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.