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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wigginton like this:
WIGGINTON, a parish, with a village, in the district of York and N. R. Yorkshire; 1 mile W of Haxby r. station, and 4½ N of York. It has a post-office under York. Acres, 1,465. Real property, £2,985. Pop., 349. Houses, 72. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £297.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt in 1861. Charities, £21.
Wigginton is now part of YORK Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how YORK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wigginton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wigginton, in York and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14467
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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