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Great Wigborough
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Great Wigborough
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OS grid reference TL 968 151
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Colchester
Postcode district CO5
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51°48′00″N0°51′11″E / 51.800°N 0.853°E / 51.800; 0.853 Coordinates: 51°48′00″N0°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]

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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. "Home". winstred100.org.
  5. Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST STEPHEN (1223003)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 7 June 2014.