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WIGGINTON, a parish, with a village, in Berkhampstead district, Herts; 17 mile SSW of Tring r. station. Post town, Tring. Acres, 1,662. Real property, £2,719. Pop., 641. Houses, 135. The manor belongs to the Harcourt family. Champneys is the seat of D. Sutton, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £200. Patron, Christchurch, Oxford. The church was recently repaired and enlarged. There are a national school, and some charities.
(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 Parish Berkhampstead Poor Law Union/Registration District Hertfordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Wigginton |
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