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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wiggenhall St Peter like this:
WIGGENHALL-ST. PETER, a parish in Downham district, Norfolk; on the river Ouse, 1¾ mile N by W of Watlington r. station, and 4½ SSW of Lynn. Post town, Lynn. Acres, 944. Real property, £2,327. Pop., 153. Houses, 33. The property is divided chiefly between two. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £120.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient.
Wiggenhall St Peter is now part of KINGS LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how KINGS LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wiggenhall St Peter itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wiggenhall St Peter, in Kings Lynn and West Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3930
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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