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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wigston Parva like this:
WIGSTON-PARVA, a chapelry in Claybrooke parish, Leicester; 3 miles WNW of Ullesthorpe r. station, and 6 NW by W of Lutterworth. Post town, Lutterworth. Real property, £2,154. Pop., 75. Houses, 18. The living is annexed to Claybrooke. The church is ancient.
Wigston Parva is now part of BLABY District. Click here for graphs and data of how BLABY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wigston Parva itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wigston Parva, in Blaby and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11374
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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