Great Wigborough

Great Wigborough
Great Wigborough
	St Stephen's church
	Great Wigborough Location within Essex
OS grid reference	TL 968 151
Civil parish	Great and Little Wigborough;
District	Colchester;
Shire county	Essex;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Colchester
Postcode district	CO5
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Witham;
	List of places UK England Essex 51°48′00″N 0°51′11″E / 51.800°N 0.853°E

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

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

External links

Mersea Island Museum – contains additional history of Great and Little Wigborough
St Stephen's Great Wigborough - National Lottery Heritage fund project with heritage and community information

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[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] "Home". winstred100.org.

[5] Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST STEPHEN (1223003)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

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