Wigsthorpe
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- Not to be confused with Wigthorpe
| Wigsthorpe | |
| Northamptonshire | |
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| 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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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Wigsthorpe) |
References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9