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Not to be confused with Wigthorpe
Wigsthorpe
Northamptonshire
Wigsthorpe (from geograph 111638) B.jpg
Location
Grid reference: TL045825
Location: 52°25’48"N, 0°27’50"W
Data
Post town: Peterborough
Postcode: PE8
Dialling code: 01832
Local Government
Council: North Northamptonshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Corby

Wigsthorpe is a hamlet in the east of Northamptonshire, south of Oundle and its neighbouring village, Barnwell.

Attested in 1232 as Wykingethorp, the name is believed to mean "Outlying farmstead or hamlet of a man called Vikingr".[1]

Outside links

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References

  1. Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9