This is the Devon board. Taunton is in Somerset, see

http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.britisles.england.som.... (Somerset board)

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Taunton/

https://maps.google.co.uk/ (maps of UK)

Hope these nearest entries for WHEADON in Somerset may be of some help.

1851 Census:
WHEADON George mar 22 Labourer Podimore/Shepton Mallet Som
WHEEDON John Widow/er 73 Pauper Ag Lab Podimore/Ditcheat Som

Births Jun 1869 WHEADON Henry George Chard 5c 467
Births Dec 1872 WHEADON John Thomas C Chard 5c 451
Births Mar 1881 WHEADON John Thomas Axminster (Devon/Som border) 5b 1

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Chard/
http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Axminster/

All places within approx 40 miles of Taunton, Somerset.
Good luck.