Wigtoft

Wigtoft is a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A17 road, 6 miles (10 km) geographically south-west from Boston, Lincolnshire, and 1 mile (1.6 km) west from Sutterton. Included in Wigtoft civil parish are the hamlets of Asperton and Burtoft.[1]

Wigtoft
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wigtoft
Wigtoft is located in Lincolnshire
Wigtoft
Wigtoft
Location within Lincolnshire
Population491 (2011)
OS grid referenceTF262361
• London100 mi (160 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBoston
Postcode districtPE20
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

The name 'Wigtoft' derives from the Old Norse and Old English, vik-toft, meaning 'curtilage by a creek'.[2]

Wigtoft is one of eighteen parishes which, together with Boston, form the Borough of Boston. The local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganisation of 1 April 1974, which resulted from the Local Government Act 1972. This parish forms part of the Five Villages electoral ward.

Previously, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the Parts of Holland. Holland was one of the three divisions (formally known as parts) of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the Local Government Act of 1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself.

The parish church is a Grade I listed building dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul and dating from the 12th to 15th centuries and restored in 1891.[3]

YearPopulation[4]
1801536
1811555
1821637
1831697
1841713
1851741
1881672
1891653
1901693
1911723
1921712
1931702
1941N/A (World War II)
1951518
1961505
2001479
2011491

References
  1. "Burtoft in Wigtoft CP". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  2. "Key to English Place-names".
  3. Historic England. "St Peter and St Paul church (1237405)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  4. "Wigtoft parish population:Vision of Britain".
  • Media related to Wigtoft at Wikimedia Commons
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