Wigtoft

Village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England

Human settlement in England

Boston

Lincolnshire

Region

East Midlands

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBostonPostcode districtPE20PoliceLincolnshireFire Lincolnshire Ambulance East Midlands UK Parliament

Boston and Skegness (UK Parliament constituency)

List of places: UK; England; Lincolnshire

52°54′28″N 0°07′27″W / 52.907846°N 0.124179°W / 52.907846; -0.124179

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]

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]

Year	Population^[4]
1801	536
1811	555
1821	637
1831	697
1841	713
1851	741
1881	672
1891	653
1901	693
1911	723
1921	712
1931	702
1941	N/A (World War II)
1951	518
1961	505
2001	479
2011	491

Destinations from Wigtoft

Hoffleet Stow, Bicker, Swineshead

Kirton Holme, Hubberts Bridge, Brothertoft

Kirton, Wyberton, Boston

Donington, Horbling, Threekingham

Wigtoft

Sutterton, Algarkirk

Quadring, Gosberton, Bourne

Surfleet, Pinchbeck, Spalding

Fosdyke, Holbeach, Gedney

References

^ "Burtoft in Wigtoft CP". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
^ "Key to English Place-names".
^ Historic England. "St Peter and St Paul church (1237405)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
^ "Wigtoft parish population:Vision of Britain".

External links

Media related to Wigtoft at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Ceremonial county of Lincolnshire
Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire
Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Alford Barton-upon-Humber Boston Bottesford Bourne Brigg Broughton Burgh le Marsh Caistor Cleethorpes Crowland Crowle Epworth Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Holbeach Horncastle Immingham Kirton in Lindsey Lincoln Long Sutton Louth Mablethorpe Market Deeping Market Rasen North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Spilsby Stamford Sutton-on-Sea Wainfleet All Saints Woodhall Spa Winterton See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire
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