Archaeological finds indicate occupation of Whaddon in the Iron Age, lasting into the time of Roman Britain.

Under the name of Wadone, the village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was held by a Saxon called Alvric and had two plough teams, with both meadow and pasture recorded.

The medieval manor of Whaddon included Paxcroft, now part of Hilperton; the total population would probably have been between 15 and 25.

[2] Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet of Whaddon (1592–1672) was a notable 17th century resident landowner.

A footpath leads on to a packhorse bridge across the Avon[4] which in the eighteenth century was repaired by the county.

[5] In 1865, Whaddon was a parish in the hundred of Melksham and belonged to Walter Long, who lived at Hilperton.

So many people came to the harvest festival of 1907 that the service took place in the churchyard, outside, with the Rector standing on a tombstone.