Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WIGGINTON

WIGGINTON, a parish, with a village, in the district of York and N. R. Yorkshire; 1 mile W of Haxby r. station, and 4½ N of York. It has a post-office under York. Acres, 1,465. Real property, £2,985. Pop., 349. Houses, 72. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £297.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt in 1861. Charities, £21.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wigginton CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Wigginton

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