Wigtoft

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Wigtoft
Lincolnshire
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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wigtoft
Location
Grid reference: TF262361
Location: 52°54’28"N, 0°7’27"W
Data
Population: 491  (2011)
Post town: Boston
Postcode: PE20
Local Government
Council: Boston
Parliamentary
constituency:
Boston and Skegness

Wigtoft is a village and parish in Lincolnshire, within the Kirton Wapentake of the Parts of Holland. It is situated on the A17 road, six miles geographically south-west of Boston, and a mile west of Sutterton. Included in Wigtoft civil parish are the hamlets of Asperton and Burtoft.[1]

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.[2]

References

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  1. "Burtoft in Wigtoft CP". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=1826800&word=NULL. Retrieved 31 August 2011. 
  2. National Heritage List 1237405: St Peter and St Paul church
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