 At that time, Whaddon included Paxcroft, now part of Hilperton; the total population would probably have been between 15 and 25 people.The village was then located on the major road going from Trowbridge through Hilperton to Whaddon and then alongside the river Avon to Melksham.By 1428, the population of Whaddon counted 10 householders; then it rose to 36 people in 1801 and further to 63 in 1821.