Great Wigborough

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Great Wigborough
St Stephen Wigbrough - geograph.org.uk - 394904.jpg
St Stephen's church
Great Wigborough is located in Essex
Great Wigborough
Great Wigborough
Location within Essex
OS grid referenceTL 968 151
Civil parish
District
  • Colchester
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townColchester
Postcode districtCO5
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
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51°48′00″N 0°51′11″E / 51.800°N 0.853°E / 51.800; 0.853Coordinates: 51°48′00″N 0°51′11″E / 51.800°N 0.853°E / 51.800; 0.853

Great Wigborough is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Great and Little Wigborough in the Colchester borough of Essex, England.

The place-name 'Wigborough' first appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Wicgebergha and Wighebergha. The name means 'Wicga's hill or barrow'.[1]

In 1951 the parish had a population of 181.[2] On 1 April 1953 the parish was abolished and merged with Little Wigborough to form "Great and Little Wigborough".[3]

Great Wigborough is represented at the lowest tier of governance by Winstred Hundred Parish Council.[4]

St Stephen's church dates from the 14th century and is a Grade II* listed building. Heavily damaged in the Colchester earthquake of 1884, it was extensively restored.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.517.
  2. ^ "Population statistics Great Wigborough AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Relationships and changes Great Wigborough AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. ^ http://www.winstred100.org
  5. ^ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST STEPHEN (1223003)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

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