His father, Manne, had owned land at Chatteris and Wold, both on Ely, while the Libellus Æthelwoldi Episcopi ("Little Book of Bishop Æthelwold") associated a priest named Manne with land at Haddenham, a place only a few miles distant.
Astronomer William Rutter Dawes had his home and private observatory in the village from 1857 to 1868.
During the Second World War, Haddenham was a Starfish bombing decoy site, both K-type (day) and Q-type (night), which were used to divert Axis bombing away from RAF Bomber Command's nearby airfields.
Hordern-Richmond merged with Lang Propellers of Weybridge, and a new factory was built at Haddenham, near Thame, Buckinghamshire.
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The Tigers good fortune continued throughout the season, as they registered wins against rivals Hazlemere Sports (beating them 2-5 in the league), Chesham, AFCL Youth, Haddenham Youth Colts, and Penn and Tylers Green U16s.